Conservators in London, England used infrared and X-ray imaging to reveal a never-before-seen portrait of a woman beneath a popular painting by renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The Courtauld ...

Faint images of a women in Picasso's "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto.". The Courtauld/Facebook “We have long suspected another painting lay behind the portrait,” he continued.

For more than a century, a portrait of a mystery woman lay hidden beneath a painting from Pablo Picasso’s famed Blue Period. Now, with the help of advanced imaging technology, conservators at ...

A portrait of a mystery woman was found beneath Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto" by the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Hidden on the reverse side of the painting " Head of a Peasant Woman," which Van Gogh completed in 1885, was a previously unknown self-portrait of the Dutch painter staring back at them.

The woman’s head, curved shoulders and fingers are easily seen in the portrait. Viewers can even make out the women’s chignon hairstyle — a popular hairdo at the time.

The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, probably a few months afterward, in 1901 to depict his sculptor friend Mateu Fernández de Soto sitting at a table in hues of blues ...

The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, probably a few months afterward, in 1901 to depict his sculptor friend Mateu Fernández de Soto sitting at a table in hues of blues ...

But almost 125 years later, the original portrait’s outlines have been revealed by the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. They examined the artwork using infrared and X-ray imaging ahead of an ...