First look at a hidden Rembrandt. We’ve known about the young man lurking underneath Rembrandt’s An Old Man in Military Costume…

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First look at a hidden Rembrandt.

We’ve known about the young man lurking underneath Rembrandt’s An Old Man in Military Costume since the painting was first X-rayed in 1968. Now science has finally caught up to (some of) our questions, allowing a tentative color reconstruction of the hidden painting.