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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Mystery of Raphael masterpiece may have been solved by Bradford-made AI

Detail from the Madonna della Rosa.
The dark depiction of Joseph in the Madonna della Rosa was probably not by Raphael, the AI concluded. Photograph: Museo Nacional del Prado

The mystery surrounding a longdebated Raphael masterpiece that hangs in the Prado, Madrid, may have been solved by an artificial intelligence algorithm developed in Bradford.

The Madonna della Rosa (Madonna of the Rose) has intrigued art connoisseurs and experts for centuries.

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