藏在维米尔画下的爱神
Love symbol hidden in masterpiece
Enigmatic, serene - it's captivated generations of art lovers.
神秘，宁静。这幅画吸引了一代又一代的艺术爱好者。
But experts in Dresden, who are restoring the masterpiece, have unveiled what they acknowledge is a completely new picture.
但在德累斯顿，正在修复这幅杰作的专家们展出了一幅他们认为全新的图画。
Gone, the old yellow varnish.
旧的黄色清漆不见了。
In its place rich, bright colour.
取而代之的是丰富明亮的色彩。
And now on the back wall - a painting within the painting.
后墙上显出了画中画。
Restorers removed layers of paint to reveal a long-lost Cupid.
修复者们除去层层颜料，隐藏已久的丘比特得以显现。
Painstaking, precise - each stroke exposing the original.
一丝不苟，一笔一画都透露出原作。
The team expected to find the Cupid.
修复团队希望能找到丘比特。
X-rays revealed it decades ago, though it was assumed Vermeer himself had painted it out.
几十年前，X 光片上就发现了他，尽管人们以为维米尔自己用颜料涂掉了它。
But when they analysed the pigment layers, they realised it could only have been covered up after his death.
但对颜料层进行分析之后，他们意识到这只可能是在画家过世后才被覆盖上的。
It matters. That Cupid means that's a love letter.
这点很重要。丘比特的存在意味着这幅画是封情书。
It has become so much more Vermeer.
维米尔的风格更明显了。
For me, it's so convincing what we found.
对我来说，我们的发现很有说服力。
It's such a strong, much stronger, painting that it has been before.
这幅画的力量比以往要深刻、强烈得多。
It'll take another year to complete the restoration, but the work in progress will be temporarily displayed.
修复工作还要一年时间才能完成，但目前正在进行的工作将会被临时展出。
A brief opportunity for the millions of people around the world who know and love the painting to acquaint themselves with a very different masterpiece.
这是一个短暂的机会，让世界各地数百万知晓并热爱这幅画的人来重新认识这幅迥然不同的杰作。