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# Berlin's “Man in a Golden Helmet” ceased to be regarded as a Rembrandt in 1984
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-1984-godu-eksperty-usomnilis-v-attributsii-portreta-muzhchiny-v-zolotom-shleme-rembrandta-iz-kollektsii-galerei-iskusstv-v-berline/
- Published: 2024-05-13T06:32:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:40:07.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Observations

In 1984 experts questioned the attribution of Rembrandt's Man in a Golden Helmet in the collection of the Berlin Art Gallery. Is it too much like Rembrandt to be Rembrandt?

The work had been ascribed to Rembrandt for many years, until a special Dutch commission for establishing the authenticity of disputed Rembrandt works expressed doubts about its provenance. Detailed examination confirmed that a number of details did not accord with the style of genuine Rembrandts, and that the painting was probably executed in 1650 by one of his pupils.

Of course, this is not a forgery: it is a magnificent work by an unknown hand, wrongly attributed to another artist.

The funniest thing is that immediately after the verdict and the painting's demotion, it was taken off the wall and consigned to storage. It returned to the museum's halls only recently. Yet visitors still stop in front of it and sigh that it is, alas, not a Rembrandt. But why, strictly speaking, alas? If there is anything to regret, it is only that we do not know the name of this genius.

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