‘Rembrandt’s DNA would be the Holy Grail’: new research samples bacteria on the surface of The Night Watch – The Art Newspaper
When the brave defenders of Amsterdam in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (1642) strode out into the unknown, they…
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71m, making it “the most expensive object ever to be…
Mauritshuis able to keep its Rembrandts following legal dispute – The Art Newspaper
A court ruling that hung on a single French sentence has found that a Dutch museum does not…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum still seeks 13 masterpieces 36 years after heist
Wednesday marks the 36th anniversary of the theft of 13 precious art pieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner…
Rembrandt’s masterpiece hiding in plain sight in Balboa Park
Saint Bartholomew (1657) Rembrandt van Rijn, Saint Bartholomew, 1657, oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm (48-3/8 x…
Artemisia Gentileschi, Michelangelo and Rembrandt bring new energy and records to New York’s Old Masters sales – The Art Newspaper
The Old Masters auctions in New York saw notable results this week, with new records set for artists…
J. M. W. Turner’s Romantic Winter Watercolors Go On View in Edinburgh and Dublin
Every January 1 since 1901, small crowds have gathered outside the national galleries in Dublin and Edinburgh. For…
Thomas S. Kaplan is Selling a $20 Million Rembrandt Drawing of Lion
Sotheby’s hosted a lunch for American-Franco precious metals mogul, philanthropist, and conservationist Thomas S. Kaplan at its Paris…
Rare U.S. showing of Rembrandt works to debut in U.S. at Gibbes
The Gibbes Museum of Art has landed the inaugural stop next month of a high-profile tour of etchings…
New Research Reveals Source for Dog in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam announced last week that the dog depicted in the lower righthand corner of Rembrandt…
World’s largest private Rembrandt collection may be fractionalised, owner reveals – The Art Newspaper
The billionaire philanthropist, financier and collector Thomas S. Kaplan is in advanced discussions to fractionalise his Leiden Collection,…