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It's C.
Basically it's saying that any painting that contains an underimage of a subject that appears in authentic paintings by von gogh can always be correctly attributed to van gogh.

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A is irrelevant. B and C are good possibilities. D is just a fact statement, E is too specific.



Out of B and C, I think C is the correct answer. If we use neagation, the option becomes- “Any painting correctly attributed to Van Gogh would not contain an underimage of an image that appears in authentic paintings by that artist. This dumps the conclusion.
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I did not understand the premises of CR. Would anyone help me to figure out the CR? It would be my great pleasure if anyone help me on the issue.

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X-ray examination of a recently discovered painting—judged by some authorities to be a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh—revealed an underimage of a woman’s face. Either van Gogh or another painter covered the first painting with the portrait now seen on the surface of the canvas. Because the face of the woman in the underimage also appears on canvases van Gogh is known to have painted, the surface painting must be an authentic self-portrait by van Gogh.

The conclusion is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

A) If a canvas already bears a painted image produced by an artist, a second artist who uses the canvas to produce a new painting tends to be influenced by the style of the first artist.
B) Many painted canvases that can be reliably attributed to van Gogh contain underimages of subjects that appear on at least one other canvas that van Gogh is known to have painted.
C) Any painted canvas incorrectly attributed to van Gogh would not contain an underimage of a subject that appears in authentic paintings by that artist.
D) A painted canvas cannot be reliably attributed to an artist unless the authenticity of any underimage that painting might contain can be reliably attributed to the artist.
E) A painted canvas cannot be reliably attributed to a particular artist unless a reliable x-ray examination of the painting is performed



Option B cannot be correct because the passage says "Canvases" meaning at least 2. But option B says at least 1.

The correct opposite of option C is "any painted canvas correctly attributed to Van Gogh will contain an underimage of a subject that appears in authentic paintings by Van Gogh

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