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SALEM, Mass. — The Dutch East India Company wrested control of the Asian spice trade from the Spanish and Portuguese, went on to own virtually all of Indonesia, and monopolized trade with Japan for 200 years.
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Even to the trained eye, there is something unrelenting about most seventeenth-century Dutch art.
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Rembrandt got old and poor and sad but he never got timid, as the 70 or so paintings on the walls of Late Rembrandt demonstrate.
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After hours this week at the Rijksmuseum's Late Rembrandt exhibition, which focuses on the artist's final years, three terminally ill patients viewed the paintings in solitude.
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LONDON — Rembrandt: the Late Works is that truly rare event: a study focusing on an artist whose quality of output is so universally lauded that is fully supported by staggering loans never previously shown in this combination or indeed in the same country.
In Brief
UK's National Trust is really excited they now have an "authentic" Rembrandt self-portrait, and they want everyone to know.
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The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has completed the digitization of its entire collection of Rembrandt etchings.
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Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt in 1637.
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After our first installment of obsolete pigments, we had such a strong response that we realized we'd only hit the tip of the curious history of vanished colors.
Opinion
A thief in a garish feathered hat runs out of a shopping mall store with a leather bag clutched in his hand. He jumps down the stairs and tries desperately to escape as ropes descend down the mall’s atrium. Guards emerge to catch the criminal — but they’re on horseback, dressed in brimmed caps, and
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It’s very rare that museum directors or curators, when introducing a new show to a room full of writers and critics, say anything remotely thought-provoking or profound. Introducing the Rineke Dijkstra mid-career retrospective at the Guggenheim, however, the museum director Richard Armstrong made a
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Since his passing in 1669, Rembrandt has had a vibrant second life selling cigars and teeth whitening kits. His "artsploitation" — like that of monk turned liqueur Fra Angelico — offers a cautionary tale in a world searching for untapped and undefended brand equity. Social media reveals the odd cult