The artist's early work was discovered and subsequently recognized as a masterpiece.

subsequently 是由 subsequent（随后的）加上后缀 -ly 构成的副词。subsequent 来自拉丁语 subsequi，由 sub-（在...之后）和 sequi（跟随）组成，意思是"随后发生的"。 subsequently 在句中表示时间上的先后关系，指"后来、随后"发生的事情。