AI Uncovers Hidden Hand in Raphael’s Masterpiece

In the art world, the authenticity of masterpieces has always been a subject of intense scrutiny and debate. Recently, the advent of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) has offered new tools to art historians and critics. 

A recent study has spotlighted how AI can discern details in paintings that are often missed by the human eye. In a landmark discovery, researchers have used AI to analyze a famous painting by Raphael, the Madonna della Rosa, revealing that at least one face in the composition may not have been painted by the master himself. 

This revelation raises questions about the painting’s provenance and the broader implications of AI in art authentication.

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AI Detects Hidden Details in Painting

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to see details in images that escape the human eye. Now an AI neural network has identified something unusual about a face in a Raphael painting: It wasn't actually painted by Raphael.


The face in question belongs to St Joseph, seen in the top left of the painting known as the Madonna della Rosa (or Madonna of the Rose).


Scholars have in fact long debated whether or not the painting is a Raphael original. While it requires diverse evidence to conclude an artwork's provenance, a newer method of analysis based on an AI algorithm has sided with those who think at least some of the strokes were at the hand of another artist.


Researchers from the UK and US developed a custom analysis algorithm based on the works that we know are the result of the Italian master's brushwork.     READ MORE...