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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Rebecca Carey

Unknown Vincent Van Gogh painting hidden for over a century found in Edinburgh

(Background) Senior Curator Frances Fowle with Head of a Peasant Woman (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh. (Neil Hannah/ PA) (Square) X-ray image of Vincent Van Gogh (National Galleries of Scotland/ PA)

A previously unknown Vincent Van Gogh painting has been discovered by the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.

The self-portrait of the beloved Dutch painter is "most certainly" unknown to the art community before now since it has been hidden from view for over a century.

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