Vermeer Restoration Reveals Hidden Cupid

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Vermeer Restoration Reveals Hidden Cupid

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A Vermeer painting has restored to reveal a hidden painting within a painting. 


Cupid was painted over by another hand after Vermeer's death. Restorers revealed the underlayer in stages, and exhibited the painting half-restored to share the process with the public.

According to Smithsonian, "A recent bout of laboratory testing confirmed that a long-hidden Cupid found in the top right-hand corner of the canvas was painted over not by the Dutch Golden Age artist, but an unknown party who acted decades after Vermeer’s death."

The presence of Cupid adds meaning to the image, suggesting the letter may address matters of love.

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