Rembrandt. Hidden Lives of Works of Art

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A staggering number of paintings were once thought to be Rembrandts, but of the 800 or so works attributed to the Dutch master during the 19th century, only about 300 remain authenticated. Interestingly, the 1800s were also a period in which France dominated Rembrandt collecting and research. In the 20th century, expertise shifted to Holland, Great Britain, and the U.S., leaving French holdings isolated and neglected for a time. The Louvre, however, contains some of his most revered masterpieces, including Bathsheba at Her Bath and The Slaughtered Ox , which provide fertile ground for ongoing discussions of authenticity. Could some works long attributed to the master actually have been produced by a pupil or a copyist? How can one distinguish between real and fake? To restore or not to restore? This film visits the Louvre during its Rembrandt Study Days, using the museum's "off the wall, out of the frame" approach to address some of the most intriguing questions in art scholarship