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gilrain on May 12, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Most detailed ever photograph of The Night Watch g...

Yeah, because professional museum curators and art restoration teams are well known to just shake their heads at safely moving large exhibits, baffled at the prospect.

C'mon.

the-dude on May 12, 2020 [–]

If I were a curator, I would refuse to move a 3.5x4.5 meter painting from 1642 just for taking a picture.

It seems like a no-brainer to bring the camera to the painting instead of the other way around.

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