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Hidden Portrait of Woman Discovered Beneath Picasso's Blue Period Painting

  • Art historians have uncovered a mysterious portrait of a woman hidden beneath a painting by Pablo Picasso, which was painted over in 1901.
  • The original portrait's outlines were revealed through infrared and X-ray imaging by the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.
  • Experts are unsure of the woman's identity, though she resembles other women Picasso painted in Paris in 1901.
  • The painting will be displayed at the Courtauld Gallery in London from February 14 to May 26.
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See the Hidden Portrait of a Mysterious Woman Discovered Beneath a Picasso Painting

X-ray and infrared imaging has revealed a long-hidden painting beneath "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto," providing researchers with new insights into the artist's blue period

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Hidden Picasso portrait beneath 124-year-old painting revealed by new technology

Conservators discovered a portrait of a missing woman beneath one of Picasso's earliest Blue Period paintings.

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Mysterious Portrait of a Woman Discovered Beneath Painting from Pablo Picasso's Blue Period

"Picasso often reused his canvases at this time because he did not have much money," the institute explainedThe Courtauld/Facebook Mysterious portrait of a woman revealed beneath Picasso paintingHistorians recently made an unexpected discovery while examining one of Pablo Picasso’s paintings. When taking X-ray and infrared images of a "portrait depicting Picasso’s sculptor friend painted in 1901 and one of the earliest examples of the artist’s B…

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A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology

Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a century.

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Mysterious portrait of a woman revealed beneath Pablo Picasso painting

More than a half century after Pablo Picasso’s death, the master is still revealing new works.

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Portrait of mysterious woman discovered beneath Picasso painting

A never-before-seen portrait by Pablo Picasso was found beneath one of the artist's paintings using x-ray technology.

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My Modern Met broke the news in United States on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
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