Rijksmuseum reveals painting to be early work by Rembrandt:
17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple to go on display this week
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Early Rembrandt Painting Rediscovered at RijksmuseumThe 1633 Vision of Zacharias was confirmed as Rembrandt's work after two years of expert study and advanced scanning technology.
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- The Rijksmuseum confirmed that a painting once thought to be from Rembrandt’s workshop is actually an early work by the master.
- High-tech scans, pigment analysis, and wooden panel dating established the artwork’s creation in 1633.
- The painting depicts the biblical story of Zacharias receiving a divine message without showing an angel.
- This discovery increases the museum’s Rembrandt collection to 25 pieces, the largest in the world.
“It was really very dark,” Dibbits said. “But when it had been restored, I came in to see it and it really looked like the gold was bursting off it – which, of course, is remarkable because he painted with yellow and not with gold. This is what makes the artist a true artist … It is classic Rembrandt.”— Taco Dibbits, general director of the Rijksmuseum, said after the painting’s restoration as the museum prepared to exhibit it.
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