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This is spectacular -- I suspect you can see at least as much as you'd be able to see with your eyes if you were able to get arbitrarily close to it.

Does anyone know what the text says? Extracted as best I could here: https://i.imgur.com/iAsGPT8.png

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The names of the people who paid for the painting. "Eighteen names appear on a shield, painted circa 1715, in the center-right background, as the hired drummer was added to the painting for free." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch#Commission

thanks!

Eyes are still much better at extracting 3D info from paintings (e.g. paint thickness, texture, etc.). This could potentially be replicated by photographing each point on the painting from two angles.

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