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apjak t1_j5rsa55 wrote

I appreciate that you didn't know this until today, but I hate that this article is using "Found" in the title.

Everyone knew it was there, and The Prado is one of the top 5 art museums in the world.

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BillyCloneasaurus t1_j5sc6fb wrote

It doesn't say they found it, it says they discovered it was a "twin" piece. It was considered an unremarkable copy until they restored it (article is dated 2012) and removed the black background covering the original https://i.imgur.com/nbsMoFw.png while also revealing it was likely done in da Vinci's workshop at the same time as his

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