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 ...

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.

Detail from Rembrandt van Rijn's Susanna (1636), one of the paintings analyzed by Dutch and French scientists using X-ray synchrotron radiation to determine paint composition. Credit: Public domain ...

Rembrandt is one of the most famed artists of all time and scientists have finally discovered the secret ingredient to his iconic technique. The Dutch genius refined his impasto technique, which ...

Researchers at the Rijksmuseum restoring Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' found the artist used egg yolk in his impasto paint.

Art History What Makes Rembrandt So Great? A Look at 10 of His Most Iconic Works. From 'Night Watch' to loving portraits of his wife, these are the paintings that define the Dutch Old Master.

Un tuorlo d’uovo mescolato con olio di lino bollito e ossido di piombo: potrebbe essere questo il mix per un impasto perfetto il segreto della tecnica pittorica del grande artista olandese ...

The paintings are relatively small in scale: less than 8 inches tall and 6½ inches wide, which makes them among the smallest of Rembrandt’s known portraits. “They’re unlike some of his ...

Rembrandt van Rijn revolutionized painting with a 3D effect using his impasto technique, where thick paint makes a masterpiece protrude from the surface. Thanks to the ESRF, the European ...