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From Rembrandt to Rubens, the Royal Academy of Scotland’s beautiful exhibition of Old Master sketches shows off the versatility of the form This beautifully presented new exhibition – hosted ...

It was William who in 1723 bought a collection of at least 225 drawings from Dutch collector Nicolaes Flinck, whose own father had worked with Rembrandt. Among those works were drawings by ...

Further analysis of the painting revealed previously unknown preparatory sketches hidden beneath the ... An x-ray analysis also revealed that Rembrandt worked on a base layer of lead, important ...

1617-19), meanwhile, captures a dignity in labour. Of the Chatsworth collection’s 21 drawings by the Dutch master Rembrandt ...

“Highbrow to lowbrow” is how the famous Dutch tattoo artist describes his latest project, inking drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors to the building the Golden Age master ...

An example of his very good sense was his purchase of Rembrandt drawings in a day when that titan was temporarily out of fashion. In 1723, the duke scored a coup by buying more than 200 drawings ...

Dürer to Van Dyck is a magnificent display of drawings by some of the greatest masters of the art, writes Duncan Macmillan ...

One drawing is summary, just some trees, the wide path and a house, certainly done as Rembrandt paused on his walk. The second drawing is more complete. There is a sailing boat and a distant ...