AMSTERDAM\u00a0 –\u00a0 A long lost painting by Rembrandt has been rediscovered and authenticated by experts, after its whereabouts were unknown for decades. Rembrandt\u2019s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, from 1633, was excluded from a list of the Dutch master\u2019s works in 1960, and disappeared after being sold to a private collector the following year.<\/p>\n
But it resurfaced when its owners presented it for tests at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which undertook a two-year examination. \u201cWhen I saw it in our studio when it was restored, I was immediately struck by the incredible power it has,\u201d Rijksmuseum director Taco Dibbits said.<\/p>\n
The Rijksmuseum receives many emails from people asking for information about paintings they have inherited or bought, Dibbits said. In this case, they knew it could be something special. \u201cIt came to us via email and one of our curators thought, this is really an interesting image, we\u2019ve known about the painting for over 100 years but we\u2019ve never seen it.\u201d The museum confirmed the authenticity after studying the paints, which fit with those used by Rembrandt during that period, and the painting technique and build-up of layers, which are also comparable with his other early works. The signature is original and the wooden panel dates from the correct period, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaterials analysis, stylistic and thematic similarities, alterations made by Rembrandt, and the overall quality of the painting all support the conclusion that this painting is a genuine work,\u201d the gallery said. The painting has all the hallmarks of Rembrandt at the \u201cpeak\u201d of the early part of his career, Dibbits said. \u201cIt\u2019s very high quality. Sometimes with Rembrandt\u2019s portraits you feel that he\u2019s producing in quantity, but with this painting you really feel that he dedicated his soul to it.\u201d \u00a0The museum will put the painting on public view from Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Its value is not known, but the world record auction price for a Rembrandt painting is \u00a320m, set in 2009. Other Rembrandt paintings to be sold in recent years include one for \u00a38.6m in 2019, a self-portrait for \u00a312.6m in 2020, and another once-lost Rembrandt work for \u00a311m in 2023. In 2015, a Rembrandt painting was given a price tag of \u00a335m by the UK government after being sold privately. Last month, a drawing of a lion by the artist sold for $18m (\u00a313m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMSTERDAM\u00a0 –\u00a0 A long lost painting by Rembrandt has been rediscovered and authenticated by experts, after its whereabouts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,200,3358,18394,19592],"class_list":{"0":"post-33502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-amsterdam","9":"tag-netherlands","10":"tag-painting","11":"tag-rembrandt","12":"tag-worth"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116177299465638769","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}