{"id":17115,"date":"2022-07-17T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-revealed-on-back-of-painting\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T14:38:22","slug":"hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-revealed-on-back-of-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-revealed-on-back-of-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden van Gogh self-portrait revealed on back of painting"},"content":{"rendered":"
The discovery of a long-hidden artwork is always an occasion of excitement. Whether it be through an institution stumbling upon a work that fell through the cracks or discerning a hidden layer to an existent work, there\u2019s a mystique to this event that so rarely occurs. This past week the National Galleries of Scotland made a remarkable discovery of the sort when they found a hidden van Gogh portrait on the back of one of their pieces.<\/p>\n
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In advance of the National Galleries of Scotland\u2019s exhibition \u201cA Taste for Impressionism\u201d, they had been examining Head of a Peasant Woman (1885) by Vincent van Gogh\u2014a simple and sober depiction of what appears to be a milkmaid, with a slight warmth to her skin. As they looked over it with an x-ray,<\/a> they were shocked to discover the unmistakable visage of van Gogh in self-portrait on the reverse side. A later work than Head of a Peasant Woman, this is not the first such instance of the pained and prolific artist placing an image of himself on the reverse of an earlier canvas.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHead of a Peasant Woman\u201d by Vincent van Gogh; courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n