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Daily Mirror
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Liam Buckler & Gina Kalsi

Previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh discovered on the back of painting

A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has extraordinarily been found on the back of another painting.

The remarkable discovery was made whilst waiting outside a fish shop queue when a curator at the National Galleries of Scotland spotted the painting.

Professor Frances Fowle, a senior curator of French art at the museum, said one of her colleagues had sent her a text to share the news of the extraordinary discovery, which is believed to be a first for a UK institution.

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