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 ...

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.

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 ...

As it prepared for an exhibit, the National Galleries of Scotland found a previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, covered by glue and cardboard, on the back of another of his paintings.

Vincent Van Gogh painted three dozen self-portraits in just 10 years. That’s really a lot (there are about the same number of extant paintings by Johannes Vermeer). But now, miraculously, it ...

Left: Vincent Van Gogh, “Head of a Peasant Woman” (1885); right: X-ray image of hidden Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic. Daily ...

That's a Van Gogh BOGO! The painting is going to be displayed in a lightbox with an X-ray (no doubt exactly what Van Gogh intended, am I right?) so the viewer can see the covered self-portrait.

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 ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Art experts in the United Kingdom have discovered a previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh on the back of another painting by the artist. The self-portrait had ...

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - A self-portrait of Dutch post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh has been uncovered hidden behind one of his paintings. National Galleries of Scotland said on ...

A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings, the National Galleries of Scotland said Thursday. A previously unknown self ...