Rembrandt & Workshop of Rembrandt side by side in Chicago
December 16 2025
Picture: Art Institute Chicago
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Art Institute Chicago are putting on a special display from tomorrow (17th Dec) onwards of featuring their fully attributed Rembrandt of a Old Man with a Gold Chain next to a Workshop of Rembrandt repetition.
According to the very interesting article on the museum's website:
This work had previously been considered an original by Rembrandt, but as the article reported, after carefully evaluating both paintings—the one now in the Art Institute’s collection and this painting on canvas—the connoisseur Dr. Wilhelm Bode believed the work on canvas to be “a clever reproduction by one of the artist’s talented pupils.” Recent technical research suggests that Bode’s assessment was spot-on: the painting [some text redacted not to spoil the fun], now in a private collection, appears to have been made in the workshop of the young Rembrandt around 1632.
Once you've decided which of the paintings above is the copy, click on the link above the find out if you were right!
