A rare drawing by Rembrandt is heading to auction, expected to fetch up to $20 million. The small work, Young Lion Resting, was created between 1638 and 1642 and is the artist’s only animal drawing ...
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam announced last week that the dog depicted in the lower righthand corner of Rembrandt van Rijn's Night Watch (1642) was based on a popular drawing from the 17th-century.
Historians have sniffed out a similar canine in an Adriaen van de Venne drawing. "Operation Night Watch" looks at the dog in Rembrandt van Rijn's painting The Night Watch. Photo: by Kelly Schenk, ...