Conservators uncover a hidden Cupid in a Vermeer in Dresden
Laboratory analysis of Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window showed that the Cupid in the background had been painted over after the artist’s death. Dresden conservators began removing the later paint to reveal the figure.
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