Rembrandt's works go digital

Organized chronologically, the exhibition brings together works from more than 100 museums and collections around the world to offer viewers a walk through Rembrandt's mind. It follows his 45-year evolution from a young painter to possibly the most famous master of his day.

Jouke ter Hofstede of the Van Straaten printing company mounts digital images onto boards to prepare them for an exhibit of images of all paintings by Rembrandt in Boesingheliede,  Netherlands, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll)

Melceher De Wind, Director Local World of Life Size Rembrandt Exhibition said "Rembrandt is a painter of the people. He has always been regarded as this; his work was made for everyone. His work has a very impressive quality to it. But the artwork is spread out all over the world. His pieces can be seen in more than 100 places around the world. It is great to bring together his life's work, and make it accessible in such a way that everyone is able to enjoy it"

The Rembrandt Research Project is an organization created in 1968 to verify whether disputed works were true Rembrandts. Since then, it has disallowed about half of the 600 paintings that once were attributed to the Dutch master. The group has identified them as either works by his students, copies by later admirers or deliberate forgeries. But the group of experts has also authenticated several previously unknown Rembrandts.

Rene Robben of the Van Straaten printing company watches digital  reproductions roll off a giant printer, June 25, 2009. (AP photo/Cynthia Boll)