据英国广播公司（BBC）14日报道，苏格兰国家美术馆在一次展览前对画作进行X光检查时，在文森特·梵高（Vincent van Gogh）早期的一幅画作背面发现了他的自画像。这幅自画像已被隐藏了一个多世纪不为人知。↓↓

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A previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered hidden on the back of another painting. Experts at the National Galleries of Scotland made the find when the canvas was X-rayed before an exhibition.


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X光图像可见，这幅自画像中一个留着胡子的男人（梵高）戴着一顶宽边帽子，脖子上松松地系着一条领巾。他的眼睛直视前方，右脸笼罩在阴影里，左耳清晰可见。

梵高隐藏自画像的X光图像 图源：《卫报》

It shows a bearded sitter in a brimmed hat with a neckerchief loosely tied at the throat. He fixes the viewer with an intense stare, the right side of his face in shadow and his left ear clearly visible.
 
据介绍，这幅自画像藏在梵高1885年的作品《农妇头像》的背面，被多层胶水和纸板覆盖。画廊专家目前正在研究，如何在不损坏《农妇头像》的前提下，移除胶水和硬纸板，这将需要精细的保护工作。

图源：BBC

The hidden self-portrait was covered by layers of glue and cardboard on the back of an earlier work called Head of a Peasant Woman. 

Experts at the gallery said it may be possible to uncover the hidden self-portrait, but that the process of removing the glue and cardboard will require delicate conservation work. Research is ongoing to work out how that can be done without harming Head of a Peasant Woman.

英国独立电视台（ITV）介绍，如果这幅自画像能被安全地揭开，那么就有望看到梵高原本使用的颜色。

隐藏自画像揭开后的效果图，图源：英国独立电视台（ITV）视频

If the image can be safely uncovered, it’s hoped the colors the artist used will be revealed. 
 
本月底，这幅隐藏自画像的X光图像将在爱丁堡皇家苏格兰学院通过一个特制的灯箱展示。

However, visitors to an exhibition in Edinburgh will be able to see the X-ray image for the first time through a specially-crafted lightbox.

BBC介绍，梵高生前为了节省开支，经常重复使用画布，他会把画布翻过来，在另一面作画。

梵高的画作在他的有生之年并不畅销，但他在1890年（时年37岁）去世后，却成为了西方美术史上最著名和最受推崇的艺术家之一。

The Dutch artist often re-used canvases to save money, turning them over and then working on the other side.

His work did not sell during his lifetime and his fame came only after his death in 1890, at the age of 37. Van Gogh became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history.

画作《农妇头像》描绘的是一位来自荷兰南部纽南镇的当地妇女，梵高从1883年12月到1885年11月一直住在那里。  

图源：BBC

Head of a Peasant Woman shows a local woman from the town of Nuenen in the south of the Netherlands, where the artist lived from December 1883 to November 1885.

有人认为，梵高后来搬到巴黎，接触了法国印象派画家的作品，在他职业生涯的关键时期绘制了背面的那副自画像。

It is thought that Van Gogh later painted the self-portrait on the other side at a key moment in his career, after he moved to Paris and was exposed to the work of the French impressionists.

综合来源：BBC，ITV，中国日报，卫报