Life in miniature: rediscovered Rembrandt portraits, thought to be the artist’s smallest, go on show at Rijksmuseum Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums & Heritage news Life in miniature: rediscovered Rembrandt portraits, thought to be the artist’s smallest, go on show at Rijksmuseum Pair of paintings of a husband and wife were recently formally attributed to the Old Master by the Dutch museum Senay Boztas 14 December 2023 Share Rijksmuseum staff install Rembrandt’s portraits of Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and Jaapgen Caerlsdr Photo: Rijksmuseum/Olivier Middendorp The smallest formal portraits made by Rembrandt have been put on show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam after being rediscovered earlier this year...
Rediscovered Rembrandt Portraits May Be the Artist’s Smallest Paintings Skip to content Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, portraits of Jan van der Pluym and Jaapgen Caerlsdr (1635), oil on panel, each 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (all photos by Olivier Middendorp, courtesy Rijksmuseum) Emerging from private holdings for the first time in nearly two centuries, a rediscovered pair of Rembrandt portraits is now on a long-term loan for public display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam...