Italy: X-ray shows self-portrait under Gentileschi painting - Kostenloses Hörbuch

A painting by Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi has been found hidden beneath another of the Baroque masters work, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence said. Infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray analyses of a piece in the Italian museums collection, St. Catherine of Alexandria, revealed the partial self-portrait Gentileschi laid on the canvas first, the museum said. An examination of a classic portrait reveals another masterpiece buried within...The Uffizi Galleries in Italy say an X-ray of a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi (GENE-TELL-ES-SKI) has revealed hidden artwork by the Baroque master.Infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray analyses of the painting, which depicts St. Catherine of Alexandria......have discovered a partial self-portrait underneath that's "virtually identical" to another Gentileschi (GENE-TELL-ES-SKI) painting recently acquired by London's National Gallery.The Uffizi, which owns five of her works......said the analyses strongly indicate that in depicting the saint, she combined self-portrait details with a portrait of a noblewoman.An admirer of Caravaggio, Gentileschi (GENE-TELL-ES-SKI) won rare success as a woman in the male-dominated 17th-century art world.She frequently depicted strong female heroines.