https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/rembrandt/RSS feed for RembrandtenThu, 02 Apr 2026 14:16:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-painting-was-thought-to-be-a-workshop-copy-of-a-rembrandt-now-one-scholar-argues-its-the-real-deal-180988473/"Old Man With a Gold Chain" is on display beside a smaller copy for the first time in centuries. According to scholar Gary Schwartz, the Dutch master painted both himselfThu, 02 Apr 2026 14:16:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-painting-was-thought-to-be-a-workshop-copy-of-a-rembrandt-now-one-scholar-argues-its-the-real-deal-180988473/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/they-joked-about-discovering-a-forgotten-masterpiece-now-experts-say-theyre-the-unwitting-owners-of-an-original-rembrandt-180988291/"Vision of Zacharias in the Temple" had been removed from the Dutch painter's oeuvre in the 1960s. But when the owners brought it to the Rijksmuseum, scholars decided to conduct a close analysisWed, 04 Mar 2026 18:56:59 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/they-joked-about-discovering-a-forgotten-masterpiece-now-experts-say-theyre-the-unwitting-owners-of-an-original-rembrandt-180988291/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/woman-found-folder-drawer-when-she-opened-it-she-discovered-35-forgotten-rembrandt-etchings-180988261/Charlotte Meyer's grandfather acquired the artworks between 1900 and 1920. Now, they're going on view for the first time in more than a centuryThu, 26 Feb 2026 19:34:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/woman-found-folder-drawer-when-she-opened-it-she-discovered-35-forgotten-rembrandt-etchings-180988261/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgery-ring-tried-to-sell-fake-rembrandt-for-150-million-the-real-painting-is-hanging-in-an-amsterdam-museum-180987589/The conspirators claimed that their canvas was the original, while the Rijksmuseum's was an inferior copy. They also marketed forgeries of works by Picasso, Frida Kahlo and moreWed, 29 Oct 2025 14:55:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgery-ring-tried-to-sell-fake-rembrandt-for-150-million-the-real-painting-is-hanging-in-an-amsterdam-museum-180987589/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-17th-century-female-artist-was-once-bigger-star-than-rembrandt-why-did-history-forget-about-johanna-koerten-and-her-peers-180987410/A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara PeetersMon, 29 Sep 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-17th-century-female-artist-was-once-bigger-star-than-rembrandt-why-did-history-forget-about-johanna-koerten-and-her-peers-180987410/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-mystery-of-the-small-dog-in-rembrandts-monumental-masterpiece-the-night-watch-has-officially-been-solved-180987399/When a curator spotted a strikingly similar image of a dog by a lesser-known Dutch artist, she wondered if it could have inspired the pup in Rembrandt's famous 1642 paintingThu, 25 Sep 2025 15:02:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-mystery-of-the-small-dog-in-rembrandts-monumental-masterpiece-the-night-watch-has-officially-been-solved-180987399/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-salacious-artworks-chronicle-the-history-of-adultery-from-biblical-punishments-to-royal-mistresses-180987048/Artists such as Rembrandt, the Pre-Raphaelites and Georgian caricaturists used their craft to examine the morality and ramifications of adulterous affairsTue, 29 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-salacious-artworks-chronicle-the-history-of-adultery-from-biblical-punishments-to-royal-mistresses-180987048/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/The Corcoran Gallery of Art was adorned with the statues, commissioned in the late 1800s. But since then, they've changed hands many times and finally found their way back to each other in a botanical gardenThu, 29 May 2025 14:30:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rembrandts-stunning-sketch-of-a-lion-will-be-sold-at-auction-to-fund-wildlife-conservation-efforts-180986422/"Young Lion Resting" is among dozens of Dutch Golden Age artworks from the Leiden Collection that are now on view at the H’ART Museum in AmsterdamFri, 18 Apr 2025 20:30:59 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rembrandts-stunning-sketch-of-a-lion-will-be-sold-at-auction-to-fund-wildlife-conservation-efforts-180986422/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-public-is-watching-as-conservators-carefully-restore-a-rembrandt-masterpiece-to-its-former-glory-180985534/Experts are removing layers of old varnish from "The Night Watch," which have yellowed with time, as museumgoers look on through a glass barrierMon, 02 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-public-is-watching-as-conservators-carefully-restore-a-rembrandt-masterpiece-to-its-former-glory-180985534/