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For more than a hundred years, this picture has been holding a secret:
一百多年来，这幅画一直隐藏着一个秘密：
on the back of Van Gogh's "Head of a Peasant Woman" is a previously unseen work by the artist.
在梵高的《农妇头像》的背面，是这位艺术家之前从未面世的一幅作品。
The ghostly image was revealed as experts carried out an X-ray on the painting.
在对这幅画进行X光扫描后，专家们发现了这幅如幽灵般的画像。
"Oh, it was a complete shock. And I have to say pretty much instant recognition. And we thought, 'My goodness! There he is!'
“哦，当时的情景真是让人震惊。我不得不说，几乎是在一瞬间，我们就认出来了。我们当时就在想，‘天哪！是梵高！”
We have his hat and his beard, signature neckerchief round his neck, and it just struck us immediately that it was self-portrait."
我们看到了他的帽子、胡子，还有他脖子上围着的标志性的围巾，我们立刻意识到，这是他的自画像。”
As a poor artist, Van Gogh used both sides of the canvas to save money.
作为一个清贫的艺术家，为了省钱，梵高经常会用画布的两面来创作。
But the self-portrait side is covered in cardboard and glue.
但在该自画像的那一面，上面都是纸板和胶水。
Experts hope they can safely remove the material from this valuable piece.
专家们希望他们可以安全地将这些东西从这一珍贵的文物上移除掉。
"This is really a major and very exciting find for the National Galleries of Scotland.
“这对苏格兰国家美术馆来说是一个重大而令人兴奋的发现。
It's so unusual to find a new painting on the back of a canvas like this.
能在这样的画布背面找到一幅新画真是太不寻常了。
And it shows, also, it's a good example of a period when Van Gogh was developing his mature, very radical style."
这也是梵高变得成熟、风格更加大胆的时期的一幅作品。”
