Etiket: Rembrandt
As a beardless eighteen-year-old, Rembrandt already had talent, as you can see from his painting of the spectacle seller in Leiden
In German you have the word Altersquiet, for the style of artists in their twilight years. But what about at the other end? Is there such a thing as a…
The 42 million euro gamble: if Julian Assange dies, works of art by Picasso and Rembrandt will be reduced to a pile of rubble | Bizarre
A Russian artist is threatening to destroy works by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and Andy Warhol, among others, if Julian Assange were to die in prison. Andrei Molodkin uses an ingenious…
Sold for millions, but is it really a Rembrandt?
Since the death of Rembrandt authority Ernst van de Wetering, prices have skyrocketed on the art market. Paintings are now sold for millions of dollars as works by Rembrandt, while…
TV review | In a bare cell, Judith de Leeuw followed Rembrandt
Sense or no sense, Klaas Gubbels paints. Every day, in his studio. The man is now 90, but his mission is still not completed “to turn something as silly as…
Rembrandt used a lead-containing layer for the Night Watch
Rembrandt protected the canvas of The Night Watch with a lead-containing layer. It was the first time he used this technique, probably to protect the canvas against moisture. This layer,…
The Dutch Rijksmuseum receives the smallest portraits of Rembrandt on long-term loan
The Rijksmuseum is receiving the two smallest portraits that Rembrandt ever painted on long-term loan, De Telegraaf reports. The Holterman family (VolkerWessels) bought the two oval masterpieces, which had remained…
‘Adoration of the Kings’ is now going to the auction as Rembrandt
Opinions of art historians are sometimes daily quotes. Exactly two years ago, Christie’s auctioned a biblical scene in Amsterdam, The Adoration of the Kings. A dirty, monochrome brown painting, less…
Rediscovered Rembrandt ‘Jan en Jaapgen’ sold for 13 million euros
‘Jan en Jaapgen’, two rediscovered portraits of a couple from Leiden, attributed to Rembrandt, are Thursday night at Christie’s in London auctioned for 11.2 million pounds, more than 13 million…
flooding! First aid with Rembrandt in the picture gallery
A few centimeters from Rembrandt’s painting The Mennonite Preacher Anslo and His Wife (1641), it dripped through the ceiling Photo: David Grubbs By Michael Zollner There was water ingress in…
Two ‘rediscovered’ Rembrandt portraits on display again after 200 years
Two portraits of Rembrandt can be seen until Saturday at Christie’s auction house in Amsterdam’s Vondelpark. In two weeks they will go under the hammer in London with an appraisal…