A reunion 400 years in the making | Art Institute Shorts @artinstitutechi

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

Seeing double? These two nearly identical paintings haven't been shown together for nearly 400 years.

In Rembrandt's time, students and apprentices would copy a master's work to learn painting techniques and also to expand a workshop's sales of popular images. Learn more about the details separating Rembrandt's "Old Man with a Gold Chain" and a student copy with curator Jacquelyn Coutre.

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