One of the world's major experts on the works of Rembrandt Ernst van de Wetering (Ernst van de Wetering) recognized by the original artist still 70 paintings, previously considered works of disciples or followers. The results of the research Watering published in the sixth and last Chapter of the project Rembrandt Research Project, founded by leading experts in Rembrandt in 1968. From all project participants only survivor Wetering; the last three chapters he has prepared for publication alone. And he is willing to admit some attribution error, previously admitted his collegue.

70 works recognized in the last Chapter of the original Rembrandt, 44 works were previously rejected by the Commission of the Rembrandt Research Project. As explained Wetering, at the initial stage of the project the group was too strict to many works has been a tendency to deny the validity of the authentication. Decisions at that time were accepted by the General voting that Wetering now calls "nespravedlivym".

the Last attribution of Watering increased the total number attributed to Rembrandt works to 340. This is more than in the late 1980s, but is still much less than in 1920 agriculture In the early twentieth century original works of Rembrandt believed 714 works. The authorship of many of them were later revised Rembrandt Research Project.

Among the paintings, which Wetering returned the right to be called works of Rembrandt, four belong to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of art. This is, for example, "portrait of a man" 1658, also known as the "Auctioneer". Work is now in store, and curator of European painting at the Museum expressed doubt that a recent study of Watering something will change. Scientists over the past 30 years do not consider "the Auctioneer" by the work of Rembrandt, and he personally is not yet convinced of the opposite. The same is true for three other works in the collection of the Metropolitan, attributed to Rembrandt Weteringen.

van de Wetering has also recently re-attributed to Rembrandt's work, "the Old man in the chair" from the collection of the British National gallery. However, the representative of the gallery responded to this message without much emotion, ""Picture, "the Old man in the chair" for years caused a lot of controversy - as well as many other works of Rembrandt and we look forward to new discussions it atributi".

Among other works, again attributed to Rembrandt in the last Chapter of the research project, "Portrait of Dirk van Wasp" (approx. 1658) from the collection of the Museum in Omaha (Nebraska), "portrait of a man reading by candlelight" (1648) from the collection of the Institute of Sterling and Francine Clark in Williamstown (Massachusetts). Believed to journalists, more modest museums and institutions, would likely consider for the benefit of the new attribution of the paintings from their collections, while world-renowned collection will be configured more skepticism.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

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