Photo shows "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch from the 1640s, which was believed to be an be an imitation, undated photo. The Bredius Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, where the sketch has been on display since it was bought in 1921, has revealed, thanks to new scientific techniques, it was, in fact, painted by Rembrandt. Note: Photo is from Wikipedia in the public domain (Museum Bredius/Newsflash)
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04 November 2022
Art experts in the Netherlands have claimed that a piece long thought to be an imitation was actually painted by Rembrandt himself. "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch had been left forgotten for a century in a corner of the Museum Bredius in The Hague since its acquisition in 1921. It...