A previously unknown self-portrait of celebrated Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered hiding in plain sight on the back of another painting, the National Galleries of Scotland ...

Art History An X-Ray Uncovered What May Be Van Gogh’s First-Ever Self-Portrait Beneath a Modest Painting of a Peasant Woman. Scholars will now to try carefully disentangle the images from one ...

Back of Head of a Peasant Woman detail on June 19, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings.

Art conservators were examining Van Gogh's 1885 piece "Head of a Peasant Woman," and when an X-ray machine was used on it, the portrait was revealed on the back of the painting. "Moments like this ...

Several other self-portraits from the Nuenen period - between 1883 and 1885, when Van Gogh lived in the southern Dutch town - have been discovered on the backs of his paintings and now hang in ...

A hidden self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered behind one of his paintings, covered by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century.. The image was found when art ...

LONDON — A previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh was found hidden beneath another painting by the National Galleries of Scotland. Conservators first found the never-before-seen ...

In an X-ray of Vincent van Gogh's "Head of a Peasant Woman" by the National Galleries of Scotland, a van Gogh self-portrait was discovered. 2025 American Music Awards × Close Player ...

Senior Conservator Lesley Stevenson views Head of a Peasant Woman alongside an x ray image of the hidden Van Gogh self portrait. A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been ...

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.

Van Gogh was known for turning canvases around and painting on the other side to save money. "Moments like this are incredibly rare," said Frances Fowle, a senior curator at the National Galleries ...

Senior Curator Frances Fowle viewed "Head of a Peasant Woman" by Vincent Van Gogh on June 19, 2022. A previously unknown self-portrait of Van Gogh has been discovered behind the painting.