Rembrandt Painting Emerges After Going Unseen for Years: Rijksmuseum
A painting that disappeared from view during the 1960s and hasn’t been seen by the public since then is a bona fide Rembrandt, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum said on Monday. Titled Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, the painting was produced in 1633 and was initially discredited by scholars well-versed in Rembrandt’s oeuvre. But following a two-year study of the paint used to make the work, experts with the Rijksmuseum found that it was, in fact, by the Dutch Old Master. It is a surprising revelation, and one that is significant, given that news of the attribution was announced by the museum that holds The Night Watch (1642), one of Rembrandt’s masterpieces. Related Articles Vision of Zacharias in the Temple predates The Night Watch by about nine years, placing the former work in the early stages of Rembrandt’s career. It depicts Zacharias, a Jewish priest who, in the New Testament, is visited by the Archangel Gabriel and told that he will bear a son. In typical fashion for Rembrandt, Vision of Zacharias in the Temple is dominated …
