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1 The restorer who cleaned the altarpiece in 2003 discovered
2 that the artist had painted an entire figure, a kneeling
3 monk, directly beneath the visible layer of blue sky.
4 X-ray analysis revealed that the monk's outstretched hand had
5 originally pointed toward the altarpiece's central figure, a gesture
6 the artist apparently abandoned midway through the commission.
7 Church records from the period note that the monastery's
8 abbot rejected an early draft of the composition as
9 "too crowded," and account books show a second, smaller
10 payment made to the artist several months after the
11 first installment, suggesting the painting was revised rather than
12 completed in a single sitting. The restorer concluded that
13 the hidden monk was painted over not out of artistic
14 dissatisfaction but in direct response to the abbot's complaint.
What evidence does the passage cite to support the restorer's conclusion that the hidden monk was painted over in response to the abbot's objection rather than the artist's own dissatisfaction?
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