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Rembrandt 1770 Masterpiece Discovered In German Museum, Schedule Of Exhibits Detailed As Rubens, Da Vinci Sketches Revealed First Time Ever!

By BLindon on Feb 17, 2017 03:47 PM EST

The Rembrandt drawing of a dog is said to have been in the German museum's collection since 1770 but it is only now that the artist has been esteemed for his work. Apparently, the Rembrandt chalk drawing has been attributed to another German Artist,  Johann Melchior Roos for over 250 years.

The drawing is already set up for a special exhibition on April 6 at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany. other featured works of Rembrandt may also be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery, London from July 13-Oct. 22, 2017.

The German museum recently confirmed being in possession of an unusual drawing of a dog by the renowned Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). It has been revealed that the Rembrandt artwork was discovered during a systematic digitization of drawings. Apparently, experts were able to made comparisons with other Rembrandt originals in Paris, Amsterdam and Vienna.

The microscopic analyses was then able to confirm that the chalk drawing was in fact one of the works of Rembrandt. The museum noted that the discovery was unusual as only a few drawings of animals made by Rembrandt exist in the world. It is said that Rembrandt had created the drawing as part of studies for works in the 1630s that depicted dogs as secondary motifs, DW reported.

In other news, a series of rarely seen sketches by the renowned artists Rubens, Rembrandt and Leonardo Da Vinci are slated to be revealed in public for the first time in decades. Experts have described the sketches as art history as time travel. Furthermore, the drawings are said to capture the fleeting moments of the artists' surroundings from pupils and workers to royal employees, the Irish Examiner reported.

The Rembrandt, Rubens and Leonardo Da Vinci selection is said to include about 50 portraits coming from the 14th and 15th centuries in a series of works lent by the Queen's Royal Collection. Additionally, eight works of Holbein and a few pieces by Durer are also included in the public viewing. The curator Dr. Tarnya Cooper revealed that this is a period of extraordinary creativity and noted that the drawings showed extreme precision.

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