Has the Mystery of the Portrait of Maud Abrantes Been Solved? (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Haifa

Has the Mystery of the Portrait of Maud Abrantes Been Solved? (1 of 2)

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The Portrait of Maud Abrantes, by Amedeo Modigliani. A century after Modigliani painted the Portrait of Maud Abrantes, the mystery behind the painting might be solved. Ofra Rimon, Director and Curator of the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa, discovered that hidden in the painting is the portrait of another woman. "Modigliani was probably not happy with that painting and decided to paint over it in favor of a portrait of Maud," she claims.

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