Restorers discern a self-portrait of Caravaggio in the decanter

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Italian restorers, who investigated the famous painting by Caravaggio's "Bacchus" (a collection of the Uffizi gallery in Florence), confirmed launched in 1922 guessed that the water bottle the artist painted himself. Clearance and a series of photographs taken using a special technique in reflected light, detected a tiny self-portrait, said ANSA.it with reference to the art of Caravaggio scholar Roberto Lapuchchi.
Caravaggio painted himself with a brush in hand, standing at the easel. A special light may be well to consider the person of the artist: bigeye, polnogubogo, with broad, slightly upturned nose. Wieden and white collar around his neck.
"Bacchus" was written about in 1595, when Caravaggio was about 24 years. Because now many times restored and renovated and, that for 400 years and more canvas strongly darkened, and many details are missing from sight.
(Lenta.ru)