Rembrandt birthday celebrations underway.(Brief article)

From: Art Business News | Date: April 1, 2006 | Copyright information

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Events to commemorate Rembrandt's 400th birthday are underway. Among them:

* The Van Gogh Museum is hosting a blockbuster exhibition: "Rembrandt & Caravaggio, an Encounter Between Two Geniuses of the Northern and Southern Baroque." Monumental paintings will offer visual treats of powerful images exuding love, emotion and passion through June 18, 2006.

* The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting all of its Rembrandt paintings and drawings through Dec. 31.

* The Rijksmuseum is also presenting "Really Rembrandt?", an exhibition of pieces that were once ...

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