A previously unknown Rembrandt print made an amazing journey to the new Grand Rapids Art Museum and will help the museum gain international attention alongside New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and DC's National Gallery of Art. Experts believe the print is one of the first 10 impressions created by the artist as he developed the final masterpiece "Three Crosses."
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Six months ago, a school teacher from Luxembourg walked into the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, carrying a print that had been in his family for generations, wondering if it was authentic.
That was the beginning of a story that ends with the recently discovered print by Rembrandt coming to the new Grand Rapids Art Museum.
The engraving titled "Three Crosses," depicting Christ's crucifixion, has become part of the museum's collection and will go on display in December.
Unknown until earlier this year, the etching is one of about 50 known impressions of the fourth "state," or version, of the print completed by the Dutch artist between 1653 and 1655.
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