Painting by Rembrandt Discovered

According to experts at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, a canvas previously attributed to an anonymous Dutch baroque painter and left unnoticed in that museum's storage, is actually a work by Master painter Rembrandt Van Rijn. Born in Leiden on July 15, 1606, Rijn died in Amsterdam on October 4, 1669. He is regarded as one of the greatest painters and engravers in the history of art. His artistic career unfolded during the so called "Golden Age" of Dutch painting, at the height of a period of economic, scientific, and cultural development in The Netherlands. Entitled Tobias and His Wife, the work depicts a typical Seventeenth Century domestic scene. Previously attributed to a student from the Seventeenth Century Dutch School of Painting, it now has been possible to confirm that it actually belongs to Rembrandt. Ernst van de Wetering, an expert in the work by Rembrandt, made the discovery after several tests and analysis. Nevertheless, the discovery has also sparked its share of controversy. Another expert at the same museum, Jeroen Giltaij, affirms that it was he who stored the painting in the museum's archives in 1994, when the work was classified as "clearly by a student of Rembrandt, or by a young student of the Dutch School." Beginning Friday, the painting Tobias and His Wife will be exhibited at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, and will be cataloged as a "work by Rembrandt Van Rijn. In March, the canvas will be exhibited in Japan. The painting has been valued at eight million euros.