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By Madeleine Muzdakis on February 25, 2021 Infrared photography used on Edvard Munch's “The Scream” at the National Museum of Norway. (Photo: Annar Bjorgli/The National Museum) Etched into the paint of one of the most famous paintings in the world, a haunting eight-word sentence has been a mystery to art historians for over a century. In 1904, a Danish art critic peering at Edvard Munch‘s The Scream noticed graffiti along the rolling clouds of the blood-red sunset. The sentence reads, “Can only ha...

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 �...

Infrared scans indicate that the phrase, "Can only have been painted by a madman", matches the artist’s handwriting

The phrase “Can only have been painted by a madman” is written in pencil in Norwegian on the painting.

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.