AI has discovered that Raphael’s famous painting is not 100% his own

With the help of AI experts analyzed the authorship of “Madonna with a Rose”, exhibited in the Prado Gallery (Madrid). The painting depicts Jesus with his parents and little John the Baptist. It was assumed that it was created by Raphael, but in the XIX century art historians doubted it.

Researchers from the UK’s University of Bradford have created an AI algorithm to clarify the question. Before the artificial intelligence was set the task of researching not only faces, but also colors, shades, features of each stroke.