Proof That Caravaggio Was a Genius

Around 1597, Caravaggio painted one of his most famous—and most enigmatic—works. Centuries later, in 2009, a group of art restorers subjected the painting to X-ray analysis, and what they discovered revealed exactly why Caravaggio is considered a genius.

Hidden in the wine carafe in front of Bacchus lies a detail that almost everyone overlooked for centuries… but what could it be?