Dutch Golden Age painters

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.

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.

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.

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.