Dutch art - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Utrecht, a contemporary artist reinterprets the colonial gaze of an 18th-century artist

A unique dialogue between ancient and contemporary at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from Sept. 13, 2025 to Feb. 13, 2026: as part of the exhibition, Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (Beverwijk, 1969) analyzes the visual culture of the ...
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Vermeer, the two "guitarists" compared after three centuries: what is their relationship?

For the first time in more than three centuries, two nearly identical canvases that have long been discussed will be found next to each other: they are the celebrated Woman Playing the Guitar by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675) and its enigmatic...
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Rijksmuseum, all new findings on Vermeer in a book published for the 350th anniversary of his death

New discoveries are emerging about Johannes Vermeer's creative process, particularly about the famous painting View of Houses in Delft, also known as The Little Street, created around 1658-1659. Recent studies have revealed that in an early version o...
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The National Gallery is enriched with three new works: Degas, a German Romantic and a Dutch

Three new acquisitions for the National Gallery in London on the occasion of the museum's bicentennial are a pastel by Edgar Degas depicting Ballerinas, Carl Gustav Carus ' View of the Sky from a Prison Window, and Floris van Dijck's Still Life with ...
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