Dutch art - Finestre sull'Arte

An important early work by Gerrit van Honthorst purchased by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht

An exceptional preview turns the spotlight on one of the leading figures of the Dutch seventeenth century. On the occasion of TEFAF Maastricht, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, is presenting theEcstasy of Mary Magdalene-a rare early work ...
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Vermeer for the first time in Turin: the Woman in Blue at Palazzo Madama

From March 5 to June 29, 2026, Palazzo Madama in Turin is hosting in the Atelier Room one of the best-known works by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675), Woman in Blue on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This is the first time that Turin has...
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Rembrandt, a record-breaking lion: it is his most valuable drawing ever sold at auction

A drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) depicting a young lion has made art market history by becoming the Dutch artist's most expensive work on paper ever sold at auction. The sheet, known as Young lion resting ("Young lion...
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Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring on a trip to Japan.

Another international move for Girl with a Pearl Earring, a masterpiece by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675) kept at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. The work will go to Japan, to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, next summer, between August a...
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A Rembrandt print sold for over 3 million at auction: it is the most expensive ever

The most expensive antique print in history was sold at Christie's in London last December 3: the extraordinary sale was recorded in the third session of the auction The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn, which bey...
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Gerrit Dou masterpiece back on the market after a century: for sale at Christie's

Back on the market after more than a century is a rare masterpiece of the Dutch seventeenth century. The Flute Player, the first depiction of a musician painted by Gerrit Dou (Leiden, 1613 - 1675), will be the top lot in theOld Masters Evening Sale o...
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Germany, Rembrandt masterpiece from Frankfurt's Städel Museum goes for restoration

The Städel Museum in Frankfurt has announced the start of a major restoration and conservation project of one of the most significant works in its collection: The Blinding of Samson, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669)...
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The Night Watch dog: discovered the artist who inspired Rembrandt

Researchers at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have discovered the drawing of the dog on which Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn; Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) relied to paint the barking dog in The Night Watch, one of his most famous masterpieces. It is ...
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