#Rembrandt van Rijn

History

8 World’s Greatest Art Heists—From Mona Lisa to Picasso

Movies about thefts and art heists are making huge box-office hits for their great action and wit. However, even if real art heists have sometimes...

Irina Diana Calu 29 June 2026

Museum Stories

After 30 Years We Still Don’t Know Where the $500 Million Artworks Are Hidden

Two men, police uniforms and some duct tape; this is how Rick Abath and Randy Hestand, security men at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,...

Ruxi Rusu 15 June 2026

Artist Stories

The Dutch Master of Selfies: Rembrandt’s 6 Magnificent Self-Portraits

Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born 416 years ago in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, people take...

Zuzanna Stańska 12 June 2026

Baroque

15 Things You Didn’t Know About the Night Watch by Rembrandt

The Night Watch painted by Rembrandt van Rijn is a monumental canvas displayed today in the “Gallery of Honour” of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam,...

Zuzanna Stańska, Nicole Ganbold 12 June 2026

Animals

The Fluffiest Side of Art: Dogs in Art History

Dogs are man’s best friends. And if that man happens to be a painter or a sitter for a painting, their four-legged friends must be included in them...

Magda Michalska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 26 May 2026

Museum Stories

10 Spectacular Hidden Gems at the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris is home to an incredible collection of artworks. Everyone knows it includes Mona Lisa, Nike of Samothrace,...

Camilla de Laurentis 20 April 2026

Painting

A Tribute to Medical Services: Doctors in Paintings

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have heard a lot about doctors and healthcare workers, thinking of them as present-day heroes facing up to death.

Camilla de Laurentis 7 April 2026

Art History 101

Dutch Golden Age Explained

When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century Netherlands at its glory – the Dutch Golden Age. The most...

Nicole Ganbold 30 March 2026

Museum Stories

Her Life and Her Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner

The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its founder before the robbery in 1990.

Jennifer S. Musawwir 30 March 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge About the Dutch Golden Age!

Ruxi Rusu 28 March 2026

WTF Art History

The Most Outrageous Stories Behind Damaged Artworks

A few years ago, two Chinese women drove their Mercedes SUV into the Forbidden City in Beijing. That event created quite a controversy. The least you...

Michel Rutten 9 February 2026

Review

Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time at the Norton Museum of Art

Thomas Kaplan and his wife, Daphne Recanati Kaplan, have amassed the world’s largest private collection of 17th-century Dutch paintings. The...

Tom Anderson 5 February 2026