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The Complete Rembrandt, Life Size - in Amsterdam
Amsterdam: Rembrandt’s birthday(403)anniversary was celebrated yesterday with a grand breakfast in the Rijkmuseum gardens. Everyone was welcome. There was white bread with herring, Rembrandt’s favorite snack, but also coffee and a huge birthday cake. At 7.00 a.m., the first "early birds" arrived and at 8.00, Mr. Frank Heemskerk, Minister for Foreign Trade, awarded the Rijksmuseum Partner Prize to to the Canal Company for being an outstanding corporate ambassador to the Rijksmuseum.
For the first time in its history Rembrandt’s complete oeuvre will be on show. By making use of the latest digital techniques all 317 paintings, 269 etches and the most relevant of Rembrandt’s drawings can be marveled at. Even mutilated and lost works have been reconstructed for this exhibition. This unique overview has been compiled by Prof Dr Ernst van de Wetering, head of the renowned Rembrandt Research Project. A collection of originals would amount to a maximum of 50 works. Rembrandt was an extraordinary painter and each of his paintings is considered exceptional. His oeuvre requires to be seen in its entirety. The Complete Rembrandt, Life Size gives the visitor the unique opportunity to experience this impressive and majestic oeuvre in one setting. The exhibit at the Rijksmuseum opened July 5 and will remain open till September 6, 2009.
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