The discovery was made by a team of Canadian scientists who used special infrared and three-dimensional technology to peer through hitherto impenetrable paint layers on the work, which now sits in the Louvre museum in Paris.

• 这一新发现由加拿大的一个科学家小组做出，他们利用特殊的红外线和三维技术，对这幅收藏于巴黎卢浮宫的油画进行了迄今为止最为彻底的渗透式扫描。