A Secret Cupid Is Emerging From A 17th-Century Vermeer • Discoverology

A Secret Cupid Is Emerging From A 17th-Century Vermeer

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During a routine round of conservation on Johannes Vermeer’s 17th-century Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, art detectives realized that a section of the canvas had been painted over after the Dutch artist’s death in 1675, concealing a cupid figure.

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