Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch master Frans Hals gets a major exhibition
In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter's canvas. Frans Hals changed that.
"He was not a sober painter," said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master's paintings that opens this week at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
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Rembrandt's hometown displays earliest works
Rembrandt's earliest works, painted when the Dutch master was only 18 years old, will soon be on display together for the first time in his hometown of Leiden.
Leiden's De Lakenhal museum, thought to be only a stone's throw from where Rembrandt's studio would have been, presented the collection of four paintings to media on Jan. 18.
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Rembrandt’s self-portrait ‘on display’
A Rembrandt self-portrait bought from the Rothschild family with 150 million euros ($162 million) of Dutch state cash went on display at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on June 15.
The Netherlands agreed to buy "The Standard-Bearer" with public money in 2022, after Paris cleared its sale despite the painting being considered as a "national treasure" in France.
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Rembrandt’s prints on show at National Gallery
Original prints by the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt have been put on display at the National Gallery in Ljubljana, alongside works by artists he inspired. Mounted in cooperation with the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, the exhibition runs until 30 July.
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Lost parts of Rembrandt masterpiece restored by AI
It's one of the great acts of art vandalism. In 1715 large chunks of Rembrandt's masterpiece "The Night Watch" were cut off in order to fit the colossal canvas into a new home.
Now for the first time in more than 300 years, visitors to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum can see the painting in its original form thanks to a stunning reconstruction of the lost pieces.
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Museum starts 'live' restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece
Amsterdam's famed Rijksmuseum on July 8 began a historic restoration of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch," erecting a huge glass cage around the painting so the public can see the work carried out live.
Rare Old Masters sold at auctions
The sale at auction of old masterpieces is extremely rare, with most such works already held by museums or public collections.Of 311 pieces ever to have surpassed the $30 million mark at auction, only 13 were by Old Masters, the leading painters in Europe before 1800. These include paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
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Rijksmuseum shows off its Rembrandts in blockbuster show
For the first time, and likely the last, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is showing off most of its works by Rembrandt van Rijn in a single exhibition.
Cezanne's maverick side explored in first-ever US portrait show
What happens when an artist who devoted most of his career to painting landscapes and still lifes turns to the people he knows best?
Huge art show questions legend of Vermeer
A new blockbuster exhibition showcasing the works of Johannes Vermeer which opened on Feb. 22 aims to smash the myth that the Dutch master was a solitary genius who worked alone at home cut off from the world.
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