Smithsonian Report, I 906 — Lemaite. 



Plate 



Example of Fissure in a Fresco. 



Michael Angelo: The Creation of Man, in the Sistine Chapel. 



Example of Cracks in a Painting on Canvas. 



Rembrandt: La fltle a I' a'ilkt. in the Dresden Museum. In the 

 upper left-hand corner the cracks are shown on a larger scale. 



