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  "id": 14763568,
  "title": "Rembrandt’s Ancient Obsessions Are Made Anew in Upcoming Met Exhibition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/rembrandts-ancient-obsessions-are-made-anew-in-upcoming-met-exhibition",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T18:29:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hyperallergic",
    "slug": "hyperallergic",
    "url": "https://hyperallergic.com/rembrandts-ancient-obsessions-are-made-anew-in-upcoming-met-exhibition/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Musée du Louvre in Paris have collaborated to create an upcoming exhibition that delves into the Greco-Roman and biblical inspirations in Rembrandt's artwork. This marks the first major display of Rembrandt's pieces at The Met in over two decades. Titled \"Rembrandt and the Ancients,\" the exhibit opens in November 2027, bringing Rembrandt's works to American audiences for the first time.\n\nThe exhibition will feature more than 125 objects sourced from both museums' collections and various international lenders. These include Rembrandt's paintings, drawings, and prints, alongside historical reference materials. During the Dutch Golden Age, a time of intense antiquities collecting, prominent merchants and collectors like the Reijnst brothers, Johannes Smetius, and Franciscus Junius amassed significant holdings of Greco-Roman and Renaissance-era artifacts, texts, and archaeological items. The invention of the printing press further facilitated the widespread distribution of classical, philosophical, and scientific texts in Dutch.\n\nOne of the exhibit's highlights is \"Oath of the Batavians\" (c. 1661), which will be shown in the United States for the first time through a loan from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.",
  "summary": "Co-organized with the Louvre, \"Rembrandt and the Ancients\" opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in November 2027 and will travel to Paris in 2028.",
  "key_points": [
    "\"Rembrandt and the Ancients\" exhibition debuts at Met in 2027",
    "Over 125 objects from Met, Louvre, and international lenders",
    "\"Oath of the Batavians\" makes U.S. debut through Swedish loan"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}