Early Picasso masterpiece reveals hidden mystery man

Scientists and art experts have discovered a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a bow- tied man with his face resting on his hand.

Wed, 18 Jun, 2014 - 01:00

Brett Zongker

Now the question that conservators at The Phillips Collection in Washington hope to answer is simply: Who is he?

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