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Potrait Of An Elderly Woman In The Rembrandt

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The lecture begins with the mention of reidentification of the "Potrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet" as an original work of Dutch artist Rembrandt. It mentions siginificance evidences to clear the doubts casted in the passage about the originality of the art work.
The passage points out the inconsistency in the dressing of the woman in the portrait, not at all a charcateristic of Rembrandt. The lady in the potrait wears a white linen cap along with a fur colllar coat, both of which dont go together. Further, the passage also mentions that the elements of light and shadow dont fit together in the painting, given that the face near the dark fur collar is illuminated by light, rather than be covered partially in shadow. Such an erroe …show more content…

It mentions siginificance evidences to clear the doubts casted in the passage about the originality of the art work. The passage points out the inconsistency in the dressing of the woman in the portrait, not at all a charcateristic of Rembrandt. The lady in the potrait wears a white linen cap along with a fur colllar coat, both of which dont go together. Further, the passage also mentions that the elements of light and shadow dont fit together in the painting, given that the face near the dark fur collar is illuminated by light, rather than be covered partially in shadow. Such an erroe would never have been made by the Dutch artist.Lastly, the passage also highlights the use panel made of glued wood pieces, for the painting, which Rembrandt was never known to use. But, the points made in the lecture clarify all these doubts, based on the evidences obtained from nan X-Ray investigation of the painting by researchers, exposing the multiple layers of the painting. The X-ray results show that the fur collar was not a part of the original painting. Instead, it was painted much later, probably to enhance the aristrocacy of the potrait. The layer lying underneath, shows that a simple collar of light color was painted intially and hence it the face of the lady is appropriately illuminated. Therefore, this solves the question of

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