The National Galleries of Scotland have made an incredible discovery while preparing a painting for a new collection to go on display later this year. Art conservators at the gallery found the previously unseen piece hidden in another painting by the artist.
The mysterious image was revealed by an x-ray taken when art conservators examined Van Gogh’s Head of a Peasant Woman of 1885 ahead of the forthcoming exhibition A Taste for Impressionism, which will be on from July 30 to November 13 at the Royal Scottish Academy.
The sensational find will be on display in Edinburgh this summer when visitors will be able to see the amazing x-ray image for the first time through a specially crafted lightbox at the centre of the display.
