Is photo another real Van Gogh?

The forehead, the shape and size of the eyes, even individual hairs matched up, making forensic scientist Albert Harper sure he had discovered an original photograph of famed artist Vincent van Gogh.

The photograph, which dates to 1886 and was found in the early 1990s at an antique dealer, bears a striking resemblance to Van Gogh’s self-portraits, said Harper, director of the Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science.

A system of overlaying the images for comparison is in a new exhibit, “Discovering Vincent van Gogh: A Forensic Study in Identification,” at the Seton Gallery at the University of New Haven in Connecticut through March 4.

The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam has rejected the idea, but Harper and his colleagues hope the exhibit, which demonstrates in detail the overlay of the images, will be proof enough.