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Rembrandt copy was copied by the master himself

Rob Beschizza
Mar 30, 2026
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Photo: Art Institute of Chicago

Long-assumed to be a copy by one of Rembrandt van Rijn‘s students, the Old Man with a Gold Chain in a UK collection is now thought by a leading art expert to be the work of the master himself.

…a study by the Hamilton Kerr Institute, at the University of Cambridge, found that the UK version’s canvas and colour pigments matc…

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