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Karin, Leopoldo:
Thank you for your kind words. Archbishop was pleased, indeed. He placed the painting in the room with the portraits of his predecessors.
As for the chain, I have to say that it does jumps out on this scan. I was aware what could happen so I paid special attention to that.
The values of the chain opposite of the light are not the same (on the original); right side is slightly darker, though not much darker than left, because there were two light sources, and the silver is quite reflective surface.
Another thing that makes chain "floating" above Archbishop's chest is the fact that his right side is uniformly dark on this scan, without details, setting off chain much more than on painting. On the original, there are clearly visible wrinkles of the garment, rendered in very low key. Instead of using black colour, I glazed Gamblin Asphaltum over several layers of Prussian blue/Raw Umber mixtures on that area (wiped away and painted again). Those subtleties are completely lost here.
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