Friday

Rembrandt Shock

As celebrations begin for next year's 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, scholars are still trying to figure out what came from his own hand, and what didn't. Research just published adds to a growing body of evidence that many of more than 600 paintings once attributed to the 17th-century Dutch master even some of Rembrandt's celebrated self-portraits were done by others, while other works once dismissed as fakes have been re-evaluated as true Rembrandts. Even Rembrandt's signature on some works is in doubt. For the full story - click the title Irish Art