Synchrotron X-ray analysis of an unfinished self-portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn

On Friday 2 December 2011, an unknown painting by Rembrandt was presented in the Rembrandt House Museum (Amsterdam). The small panel, Old Man with a Beard, was painted by Rembrandt around 1630, at the end of his time in Leiden. A research group led by Professor K. Janssens (University of Antwerp) and Professor J. Dik (Delft University of Technology) has performed experimental studies on this painting with a synchrotron beam at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and has unveiled a hidden, unfinished self-portrait below the painting. For further information, visit the web page, http://webh01.ua.ac.be/mitac4/rembrandt/index_301111.html