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See Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” in Its Entirety, Thanks to AI Restoration
In 1715, the colossal painting was trimmed from all four sides, and the removed pieces were later lost.
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The Most Valuable Stolen Artworks Across Time
On the anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, learn more about the 10 most expensive missing artworks.
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Genuine Rembrandt Revealed Under Layers of Varnish After Restoration
A restoration of “Portrait of a Young Woman” (1632), formerly credited to Rembrandt’s studio and residing at the Allentown Art Museum, revealed the work to be an original by the Dutch Master.
In Brief
Rembrandt and van Gogh Masterpieces Inspire Names for a Planet and Star
Two celestial bodies in the Andromeda constellation have been named “Night Watch” and “Starry Night."
Art
Explore the Interior of a Rembrandt Masterpiece
A newly released app called Rembrandt Reality allows the user to enter and wander through the Rembrandt painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp."
Art
Finding the Best in a Rembrandt Exhibition of a Lifetime
The Rijksmuseum is celebrating the 350th anniversary of the artist's death by exhibiting nearly 400 works by the Dutch painter. Here are our top selections from the show.
Art
Five Centuries of Play Between Word and Image
Word and Image at the Dallas Museum of Art emphasizes just how varied the art and technology of print can be.
Comics
Where Do You Keep Your Rembrandts?
Storage vaults and private museums are nice and all, but keeping art under your pillow means it's always within reach.
In Brief
Gardner Museum Doubles Reward to $10M for Return of Art Stolen in 1990
The museum's board of trustees hopes the sum will lead to the return of the 13 works stolen in 1990, which are collectively valued at over $500 million.
Books
Hard Looking: Proust and Gauguin on Art
Gauguin’s art furthered the dematerialization of beauty that Proust discerned in Rembrandt's use of light by freeing color from form and drawing from realism.
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Evidence Mounts that Rembrandt Used Optics to Paint Self-Portraits
A new study of Rembrandt's self-portraits provides more evidence to theories that the 17th-century artist, among other Old Master painters, used optics to produce his remarkably accurate works.
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Too Rembrandt to Fail: Dutch Bank 3D Prints “New” Old Master
You may be quick to identify a portrait unveiled this week in Amsterdam as a never-before-seen painting by Rembrandt.