A gallery in Scotland said Thursday it was 'thrilled' to announce the discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, with his ear intact, hidden behind another painting.
A handout picture released by the National Galleries of Scotland on July 14, 2022 shows senior conservator Lesley Stevenson viewing"Head of a Peasant Woman" alongside an X-ray image of a hidden self-portrait of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh in Edinburgh.EDINBURGH - A gallery in Scotland said Thursday it was"thrilled" to announce the discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, with his ear intact, hidden behind another painting.
Visitors to the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh will be able to see it at a forthcoming exhibition, as an X-ray image through a specially designed lightbox. "There is lots to think about with regards to the next steps, but for us it is another little nugget to get us a little bit closer to an incredible artist."Curators believe the painting, which was only sold after his 1890 death by suicide, is one of a series of experimental self-portraits.
The main painting was gifted to the gallery in 1960 by Edinburgh lawyer Alexander Maitland, and depicts a local woman from a town in the southern Netherlands where the artist lived from 1883 to 1885.
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