Was there something hidden in the Blue Boy? Were there musical notes hidden in the Last Supper? Though instantly recognizable, many famous artworks contain secret meanings, unsolved riddles, and even hidden images in their many layers of oil and varnish.

The Scream

According to total history, Edvard Munch’s most famous work, The Scream has technically five versions painted through the years. The first two, from 1893 were created with tempera and crayon on cardboard which are located in the National Gallery in Oslo and the Munch Museum. The third version was made with pastels in 1895. Another version was released during the same year, however, the version was made with black and white lithograph. In 1910, Edvard Munch did the final version due to the success of the previous paintings.

The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dali’s art painted in 1931. Just like any other paintings, this painting has various interpretations which differ from the view of the painter himself. According to just fun facts, Dawn Ades a well-known critic interpreted the painting as an allusion to the Theory of Relativity and Time by Albert Einstein. However, for Dali it was a surrealist vision of Camembert cheese melting in the heat of the sun.

The Last Supper’s musical bread

If you look at Da Vinci’s Last Supper (above), you will see a series of bread rolls that run across the center of the painting. According to reader’s digest, a few years ago, a musician found that by drawing the five lines of a musical staff across the painting, the bread rolls in combination with the Apostles’ hands lined up to make musical notes.

Chains on Liberty

According to Elizabeth S. Anderson from listverse, Edouard de Laboulaye who created the statue of liberty was a firm backer to President Abraham Lincoln. It is said that the statue was not a gift to us because of our friendship with France. The real reason that Elizabeth S. Anderson has stated “it was a gift to honor and celebrate freedom, democracy, and the end of all forms of servitude. That is why Lady Liberty has a broken chain at her foot.” The chains cannot be seen by tourists because of it being hidden by her robe near her left foot but can be seen from the sky if you get a close enough look.

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore Hides a secret that might actually be true. According to Elizabeth S. Anderson from listverse, chief architect Gutzon Borglum wanted the famous art to be more than just that. Borglum wanted important documents to be hidden in the mountain in a large room. He thought if this would happen it would make the mountain more important to the country.

The Blue boy

The Blue boy was created in 1770 and from then has been seen as one of Thomas Gainsborough most famous artworks. One amazing fact about the beautiful blue boy is the mystery it hides within its painting. Today the painting is housed at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. According to Suzanne Muchnic of the Los Angeles Times, when taking a closer look at the painting, curator Shelley Bennett did an x-ray and discovered The Blue Boy was originally painted with a dog, not the rocks seen in the painting.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge stands at an outstanding 30ft tall and weighing as much as 40 tons. According to Rachel Gould from the Culture Trip, Stonehenge has been around for 5,000 years.  Aside from the mystery of the site’s purpose, the stones are not native to the immediate region.