Conservators in London, England used infrared and X-ray imaging to reveal a never-before-seen portrait of a woman beneath a popular painting by renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The Courtauld ...

The woman’s head, curved shoulders and fingers are easily seen in the portrait. Viewers can even make out the women’s chignon hairstyle — a popular hairdo at the time.

The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, probably a few months afterward, in 1901 to depict his sculptor friend Mateu Fernández de Soto sitting at a table in hues of blues ...

Pablo Picasso’s “Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto,” a 1901 oil painting, as seen by the naked eye. (Am Römerholz/Courtauld Institute of Art) ...

A portrait of one of Baltimore's medical pioneers, discovered in a storeroom at the former Bertha's Mussels in Fells Point, ...

An iconic portrait from Pablo Picasso’s blue period gained a new layer of complexity after the Courtauld Institute of Art in London discovered an earlier image of a woman beneath it that went ...

An unknown 19th-century portrait of UMD medical school founder has been discovered in a former Baltimore seafood restaurant’s ...

Over the past year, Connolly’s portrait subjects worked with her to create personal symbols reflecting their inner experience of having children. By painting and designing this dual series, she ...

Still, remnants of the woman’s portrait remain visible to the trained eye. “Once you know what’s underneath from this technical image and you take that back to the finished painting, you can ...