THE REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, IS EXHIBITING AN ALMOST UNKNOWN PAINTING BY THE ITALIAN ARTIST CARAVAGGIO FROM 3.DECEMBER TO 13.FEBRUARY.2011. ST JOHN THE BAPTIST RECLINING COMES FROM A FOREIGN PRIVATE COLLECTION AND HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN ACCEPTED AS AN AUTHENTIC CARAVAGGIO BY EXPERTS SINCE ITS DISCOVERY IN 1976. THEY ALSO CONSIDER THE PAINTING TO BE THE VERY LAST WORK BY THE RENOWNED ITALIAN MASTER AND DATE IT TO 1610. THE WORK OF ART WILL BE SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME EXACTLY FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AFTER IT WAS PAINTED. THE PAINTING WILL BE EXHIBITED IN AN ICONIC SPACE: REMBRANDT'S STUDIO. REMBRANDT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS CARAVAGGIO'S TRUE ARTISTIC HEIR. THE ARTISTS' POWERFUL DEPICTIONS OF STRONG EMOTIONS, DRAMATIC LIGHTING AND ASTONISHING REALISM SET THEM APART AS THE TWO GREAT GENIUSES OF BAROQUE PAINTING.
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