The Paint And Characters
Beyond this, the professionals wondered how Rembrandt’s assistant had brought the woman’s outfit to life in the painting. It was such an obscure figure, after all. Then there was the signature, which was wildly different (to the trained eye) than the ones on proper Rembrandt works. But when X-rays were used to investigate the work, there was little room for debate. The brushwork would be examined in far greater detail thanks to this scanning technology.
The Paint And Characters
Uninspiring Results
Certainly, the folks over at Allentown were bitterly disappointed when they found out that their “Rembrandt” had been painted by someone else. They had been thrilled when they were first handed the piece, and the excitement must have died down there and then. If the experts had given them the answers that they wanted to hear, it would have put their museum on the map. But this was not to be, and an understudy of Rembrandt had created the piece in the master’s studio.
Uninspiring Results
