Word: rembrandt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rembrandt and His School: Drawings from the Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam...
According to William Robinson, Curator of Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum, the show focuses on "the latest results in Rembrandt drawings scholarship, particularly with regard to attribution." Attribution refers to the complicated process of determining the author of a particular work...
...Rembrandt scholars continue a heated debate over the authenticity of thousands of unsigned works, using techniques like X-ray photography and infrared analysis to discover the identity of their creator. The final decision, however, inevitably rests upon subjective judgement--an attribution is ultimately a matter of opinion and not indisputable fact...
Although the exhibit has been publicized with an emphasis on the attribution perspective, the drawings should also be appreciated for their own sake. They are, above all, supreme examples of technical skill and stand alone as tributes to the Rembrandt style...
What is most remarkable about the Rembrandt sketches is their simplicity. A few quick brush strokes are enough to communicate a profound understanding of the subject. But perhaps it is in what the drawings deliberately leave unsaid that their enduring beauty lies...