Lost Work Beneath The Surface Found In Famous Painting! #shorts - Video

Edgar Degas did Portrait of a Woman in the 19th century, between 1876 and 1880. Researchers recently looked at the painting using X-rays and discovered a lost work beneath the surface. The artist later covered up this lost work with the painting we see today.
The way researchers came to their conclusion was by using X-rays to map metallic elements in the pigments of the painting. This data was then used to build a new image of the hidden portrait in fabulous photographic detail. According to the lead author of the study, David Thurrowgood from the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Australia, people have known something was hiding underneath since the 1920s. But it wasn't until recently that modern technology finally allowed art historians to reveal it.

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