Rembrandt exhibition at Mauritshuis Museum. Credit: infobae.com
The Mauritshuis Museum, within the Dutch metropolis of The Hague, has introduced that two work which have been attributed to Rembrandt prior to now weren’t accomplished by the artist himself.
After examination executed by the museum’s analysis division, the conclusion seems to be that these are work created by college students working on the Dutch artist’s studio, however not by Rembrandt himself.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, typically thought of one of many biggest painters in Western artwork, has been attributed the authorship of round 300 work, a lot of them displayed in his native nation of the Netherlands. For greater than twenty years he additionally taught numerous Dutch artists at his extremely influential studios, situated in Amsterdam and Leiden.
It’s in these studios the place specialists imagine Research of an Outdated Man, a portray created within the 1650s, was accomplished. The portray options Rembrandt‘s signature, nonetheless the portray seems “awkward” in accordance with the museum. The identical state of affairs applies to his Portrait of Rembrandt with a Gorget, which has lengthy been suspected to be another person’s work, to the purpose the place it has not been thought of an unique Rembrandt for 25 years now. Nonetheless, specialists had been in a position to verify its standing as not a pretend, however a replica of his unique work executed by another person at his studio.
The ultimate misattributed portray is Tronie of an Outdated Man, completed circa 1630, which is extremely prone to have been produced on the similar studio, museum specialists imagine. The thriller remains to be not totally resolved, however whereas artwork historical past specialists work out the main points, guests can take pleasure in these three works at a particular exhibition on the Mauritshuis throughout future visits to The Hague. Whereas roaming the museum, artwork lovers may also have an opportunity to take pleasure in one other traditional piece of artwork: Lady with a Pearl Earring, by Rembrandt’s counterpart Johannes Vermeer.
