{"id":521339,"date":"2026-03-07T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521339\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:59:14","slug":"you-can-only-dream-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521339\/","title":{"rendered":"‘You can only dream about it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Self portrait etching by Rembrandt \u2013 credit, Charlotte Meyer\u2019s collection<\/p>\n

It will never cease to be surprising how often it occurs that the works of master painters turn up in people\u2019s attics, basements, and barn sheds.<\/p>\n

From Amsterdam comes the story of just such an occasion, when a Dutch woman confined to her home by government decree during the COVID-19 pandemic, used it as an opportunity to leaf through a folder of prints and etchings left to her by her grandfather.<\/p>\n

Some of them had been in the family for a century, and wouldn\u2019t you know that it contained 35 etchings by none other than the Master himself: Rembrandt van Rijn.<\/p>\n

Signed with his name, Charlotte Meyer was still \u201csheepish\u201d about approaching experts with her discovery, worried they might be forgeries and so waste everybody\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

But when the team of appraisers from the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam arrived, they had some shocking news for Meyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said, \u2018Charlotte, you have no idea what you\u2019ve got!\u2019\u201d Meyer tells<\/a> Dutch outlet Omroep Gelderland. \u201cIt\u2019s such a beautiful story, one you can only dream about.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The Pancake Woman by Rembrandt \u2013 credit, Charlotte Meyer\u2019s collection<\/p>\n

Her grandfather had collected the works between 1900 and 1920. Some are very small, measuring just a few inches in length.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody was interested in etchings back then. They were nothing special. For just a few guilders, my grandfather bought 35 different ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Priced in gold, a \u201cfew guilders\u201d at that time would today be worth several thousands of dollars, but considering a Rembrandt print\u2014not an original\u2014recently fetched<\/a> $4.1 million at a recent Christie\u2019s auction, it was clearly a bargain.<\/p>\n

Discovering the etchings has changed Meyer\u2019s life somewhat, as she has now embarked on a journey of collecting Rembrandt etchings which will now be featured in a museum exhibit called Rembrandt: From Dark to Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be enjoyed at the Stedelijk Museum Zutphen<\/a>, Meyer will lead a guided tour of the exhibit. which contains all 35 of her grandfather\u2019s Rembrandt etchings, on March 29th.<\/p>\n

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