December 5
Rembrandt Self-portrait Detected under Painting Advanced X-ray technology has revealed an unfinished self-portrait by the 17th-century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. The portrait was detected beneath an oil painting depicting an old man with a gray beard. (Full story here: http://news.discovery.com/history/rembrandt-self-portrait-111205.html)

Rembrandt Self-portrait Detected under Painting

Advanced X-ray technology has revealed an unfinished self-portrait by the 17th-century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. The portrait was detected beneath an oil painting depicting an old man with a gray beard.

(Full story here: http://news.discovery.com/history/rembrandt-self-portrait-111205.html)

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