Rembrandt van Rijn's paintings are renowned for their masterful representations of light and shadow and a characteristic plasticity generated by a technique called impasto. Now, scientists have ...

But now a team of Dutch and French scientists has used high-energy X-rays to unlock Rembrandt's secret recipe, according to a new paper in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Impasto (translated as ...

Rembrandt van Rijn revolutionized painting with a 3D effect using his impasto technique, where thick paint makes a masterpiece protrude from the surface. Scientists have now found out how he did it.

Impasto adds volume and depth to the work and can highlight specific areas of a painting. For instance, Rembrandt used impasto to create a three-dimensional effect of wrinkled skin or flickering ...

with translucent glazes of color layered over thick impasto. This magical combination sets Rembrandt apart from the smoother, more polished technique favored by many of his contemporaries.

Even more important than their identities is the gentle gesture of affection rendered in Rembrandt’s expressive late career impasto. Dissections were a once-a-year occurrence in 17th-century ...

Two exceptionally rare Rembrandt portraits long forgotten by scholars of the Dutch master have been rediscovered after almost two centuries by a British auctioneer, who stumbled upon the works ...

The Mauritius museum in The Hague said three paintings in its collection that were attributed to Rembrandt were, in fact, merely copies done in the Dutch artist's style. The copies are Portrait of ...

AMSTERDAM, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A disputed oil sketch was painted by Dutch master Rembrandt, researchers have concluded after two years of study. Museum Bredius, which is in possession of the sketch ...

A 17th century portrait discovered in an attic by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt sold for $1.4 million in Maine, breaking a state record. The painting, titled "Portrait of Girl" by ...

Visitors eager to catch a glimpse of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam may be surprised to find the large oil painting looking more like a work in progress than a ...

A painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn that was recently discovered in the attic of a Maine home has sold for nearly $1.2 million at auction. The 17th century oil painting in a hand ...