![]() ‘This is a significant discovery because it adds to what we already know about Van Gogh’s life. ‘When we saw the X-ray for the first time of course we were hugely excited,’ she said. Lesley Stevenson, senior paintings conservator at the National Galleries, said they were ‘thrilled to bits’ at the find. Longer term, curators are working on safely extracting it from the overlaying canvas without damaging the paintings. Visitors to the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh will be able to see it at a forthcoming exhibition, as an X-ray image through a specially designed lightbox. ![]() ![]() It was completed before Van Gogh cut off his left ear in 1888. It shows a bearded sitter in a brimmed hat with a neckerchief tied loosely at the neck.
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