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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

  • News Items : A Painting Stolen in Draguignan Recovered, but It Is not a Rembrandt ! 19/03/2014

    Contrary to the information found generally in the media these past few days, the painting which was recovered by the OCBC after being stolen fifteen years ago at the Musée in Draguignan in the Var, is not a Rembrandt. Only Vincent Noce, in (...)

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  • News Items : A Rembrandt (perhaps) and a Canaletto for the Getty Museum 13/05/2013

    We had recounted the story of this amazing discovery here : a presumed portrait by Rembrandt, on copper, which appeared on the auction block in England in October 2007 with the attribution, "follower of Rembrandt", had sold for 2.2 million (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : A New Look at the Collections of the Musée Cognac-Jay 04/10/2012

    A masterpiece is above all an object which undergoes the wear and tear of time, the changes in taste and scholarly findings. The Musée Cognac-Jay is inviting visitors to rediscover their collections by taking a close look at the patina of time. (...)

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  • News Items : Two New Internet Websites for Rembrandt and Goya 27/09/2012

    Two monographic sites devoted to two of Europe's greatest painters, Goya and Rembrandt, were recently posted almost simultaneously (on 17 and 19 September). They are slightly similar in design and scope. The Rembrandt Database : the "Rembrandt (...)

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  • News Items : Frescoes Discovered in the Nativity Crypt in Prague 27/07/2012

    Seventeenth century frescoes were discovered in 2011 in the crypt of the church of the Nativity in the sanctuary of Our Lady of Loretto in Prague by the curators Petr Basta and Marketa Bastova. The news was posted by the Codart website to mark (...)

    Lire la suite par Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges

  • News Items : July Auctions of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings in London 03/07/2012

    Last July 2011 Sotheby's London offered more interesting works at auction than Christie's. This year, the second is undeniably more attractive than its leading competitor thanks to an extraordinary ensemble of Dutch paintings from the Pieter and (...)

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  • Museums : The Mauritshuis, under Refurbishment, Exhibits at the Gemeentemuseum 14/05/2012

    The Mauritshuis had already been renovated about twenty-five years ago and we still remember how, in 1986, the Grand Palais had welcomed an exhibition of 57 of its masterpieces (De Rembrandt à Vermeer). Having become too cramped in its historic (...)

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  • News Items : A Rembrandt for Leiden 19/02/2012

    The museum in Leiden, Rembrandt’s hometown, has just acquired a panel by this artist, The Eyeglass Vendor, painted when he was 17, that is, one of the very first paintings which can be attributed to the master. This is an allegory of (...)

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  • Museums : Room A at the National Gallery in London : a Hidden Treasure 01/03/2011

    Wednesday afternoons, from 2 to 5:30 only, room A at the National Gallery in London is open to the public. There are not many visitors and, yet this gallery in fact represents a major portion of the museum’s works in storage holding about 700 (...)

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  • News Items : Acquisition, restoration : an update for the Musée Cognac-Jay 01/12/2010

    Exhibiting, publishing, restoring and acquiring are a museum’s basic missions. Cognac-Jay accomplishes them all. In another article, we discuss the exhibition on Tivoli and the accompanying publication. Here, we will just mention a very recent (...)

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  • Exhibitions : L’art hollandais au musée Condé 06/10/2010

    The Musée Condé is offering a closer look at its collection of Dutch paintings and drawings for its autumn show. While the latter were entirely catalogued nine years ago, the paintings had not all been published yet. This has now been completed by (...)

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  • News Items : The Rembrandt which reappeared last year in England is authentic 29/06/2008

    In October 2007, we pointed out the appearance, in a small British auction house, of a portrait representing Rembrandt but ascribed to one of his “followers”,

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  • News Items : A copper by a « follower of Rembrandt » auctioned at £2.2 million 30/10/2007

    It is not unusual for an anonymous work to be sold far over its original estimate. We have given some examples on

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