Rembrandt

"The first of a series of exhibitions ... which aim to present to a non-specialist public the results of technical research undertaken by the National Gallery's Conservation and Scientific Departments ... based on evidence obtained from X-rays, infra-red photographs and the analysis of paint samples by a wide range of modern scientific methods ... the core of the present Catalogue entries is the technical descriptions, which cover the material bases of Rembrandt's paintings"--Introduction.