The authorship of a Rembrandt painting is settled thanks to conservation research

According to an article in The New York Times’ arts section (“Disputed Painting is Declared a Rembrandt”, by Nina Siegal, June 10, 2015), after eight years of examination and research by its conservators, the Mauritshaus recently declared as an autograph work of Rembrandt its “Saul and David”. The painting entered the museum as a Rembrandt in 1898, but was downgraded to “Rembrandt Studio” in 1969 after the scholar Horst Gerson questioned it. It’s a Rembrandt again and the Mauritshaus has developed an exhibit around the forensic examination of the work.