Photo story: X-ray image reveals previously unknown Van Gogh Self Portrait

A photo made available by the National Galleries of Scotland on 14 July 2022 shows Senior Conservator Lesley Stevenson viewing a painting ‘Head of a Peasant Woman’ (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh and an x-ray image (L) of the painting, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The x-ray image revealed a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh behind the painting and is believed to be a previously unknown self portrait of the artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Via EPA-EFE/NEIL HANNA

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