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Rembrandt Copied Another Artist in His Most Famous Work

'Unexpected' Find
in Rembrandt's
Most Famous Piece

Sep 23, 2025 9:40 AM CDT

'Unexpected' Find in Rembrandt's Most Famous Piece

Dog from The Night Watch was modeled after drawing from lesser-known Dutch artist

(Newser) - It didn't exactly take dogged detective work for an art sleuth in Amsterdam to solve a canine conundrum dating back to the Dutch Golden Age. Anne Lenders, a curator at the city's landmark Rijksmuseum, said Tuesday that it was more or less by accident that she discovered that...

On Display: A
200-Year-Old
Condom With
Naughty Art

Jun 3, 2025 11:35 AM CDT

On Display: A 200-Year-Old Condom With Naughty Art

Prophylactic decorated with erotic art is at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

(Newser) - The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "...

Spiders to Intentionally
Run Wild at Museum

Sep 26, 2022 9:30 AM CDT

Spiders to Intentionally Run Wild at Museum

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is letting its creepy-crawlies have free reign over venue during exhibit

(Newser) - At one of Europe's most famous museums, life is definitely imitating art until early next year. "The museum is teeming with animals this season!" promises Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum in its promotion for "Clara and Crawly Creatures," its new exhibit focusing on insects and other creeping...

Rembrandt Masterpiece Will Be Restored Before Our Eyes

Rembrandt Masterpiece to
Get Unusual Restoration

Oct 16, 2018 10:10 AM CDT

Rembrandt Masterpiece to Get Unusual Restoration

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum says years-long effort will be public

(Newser) - Conservators repairing a masterpiece of the Dutch Golden Age will have the added pressure of crowds watching their every move. Beginning in July, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum will display the restoration of Rembrandt van Rijn's 1642 masterpiece "The Night Watch" from within a specially designed glass chamber in its...

Dutch Museum's 'Moon Rock' an Out-of-This-World Fake

Aug 28, 2009 3:10 PM CDT

Dutch Museum's 'Moon Rock' an Out-of-This-World Fake

Gift from NASA is just petrified wood, tests reveal

(Newser) - A “moon rock” exhibited at the Dutch national museum is actually petrified wood, the BBC reports. The three Apollo 11 astronauts gave the object to former PM Willem Drees on a tour following their 1969 moon mission; NASA shared similar artifacts with more than 100 other countries. The purported...