By Sophie Lewis
February 23, 2021 / 7:01 AM / CBS News
Barely visible in the top left-hand corner of one of the world s most famous paintings are the words, Could only have been painted by a madman! For years, curators and art historians have wondered who wrote it.
After decades of debate, experts confirmed this week that the artist himself, Edvard Munch, is responsible for the inscription on his most famous work, The Scream.
According to The National Museum of Norway, a Danish art critic first noticed the inscription during an exhibition in Copenhagen in 1904 thinking that a member of the public had written it as an act of vandalism.
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It has been revealed that graffiti which was scribbled on one of the world s most well-known paintings was put there by the artist himself.
Scans were carried out on Edvard Munch s painting known as The Scream , showing that the graffiti - which is barely visible - was in fact written by him.
The words Can only have been painted by a madman , can be found written in pencil in the top left-hand corner.
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They were first spotted (or at least spoken about) in 1904 - 11 years after Munch completed the painting, which was originally titled Der Schrei der Natur ( The Scream of Nature ).
For decades, the art world has wondered who scrawled the message, "Could only have been painted by a madman!" on one of the world's most famous paintings.
For decades, the art world has wondered who scrawled the message, "Could only have been painted by a madman!" on one of the world's most famous paintings.