An x-ray analysis determined that in giorgione's the tempest, the soldier on the left was originally painted as a. mother mary and baby jesus. b. a seated naked female. c. an oracle at delphi. d. an angel.

In 1942 Morassi made the first radiological finding that showed that the artist originally painted a naked female figure in the place of a young man. This corroborates the assertion that the painter did not develop a certain topic, but that during the work he changed the composition.

So, the answer is B. 

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