Staff at the National Galleries of Scotland discover a Van Gogh self-portrait hidden underneath his painting 'Head of a Peasant Woman.'
But it took staff at the National Galleries of Scotland decades to discover the self-portrait of legendary artist hidden underneath his painting “Head of a Peasant Woman.”
“Moments like this are incredibly rare,” professor Frances Fowle, a senior curator at the National Galleries of Scotland said in a news release, adding that Van Gogh was “one of the most important and popular artists in the world.”Unlike in some of the artist’s later self-portraits, Van Gogh’s left ear is clearly visible in the X-ray. He famously cut it off in December 1888 after an argument with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. He died two years later.
“The experience had a profound effect and was a major influence on why he adopted a more colorful and expressive style of painting, one that is so much admired today,” the release added. The National Galleries of Scotland said the decision was probably made in around 1905 to stick the canvas down onto cardboard before it was framed.
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