Art: Lost Rembrandt Found

Rembrandt's wonderful light has been revealed glowing beneath the dust of centuries, a famous panel lost for nearly 400 years. It was part of a sale at auction in Prague, and was discovered by Dr. Gustav Weil, collector, through an obscure Persian inscription and a signature almost buried in grime. The "light that never was on land or sea" was painted by Rembrandt, if by any one. His pictures glow with a peculiar mellow intensity that can hardly have existed in the actual scene before him. While the light from Rembrandt's brush falls...

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