A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology

An infrared image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto, an early piece from Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period, has revealed a hidden portrait of a woman underneath. This discovery offers insight into Picasso’s artistic process and the reuse of canvases during his youth in Paris. The identity of the woman remains a mystery, with speculation that she may have been a model, friend, or lover of Picasso, resembling other seated women in his works from the same period.

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