One page write up Students can examine the details of paintings as well as stylistic elements like brushwork and composition. Undoubted paintings by Rembrandt and by his students can be compared to the painting of unknown authorship.
Students have access to many unpublished scientific images of the paintings.
By asking art experts questions about stylistic elements, researching historical records, and examining scientific tests performed on paintings, students gather evidence which they later use to argue for an attribution. The curator responds critically to the student's arguments and raises issues relating to connoisseurship, authenticity, and attribution. Full views, details, and images of scientific tests of each painting are available for student examination. Length of Instruction Use of simulation for one painting typically takes one to two hours per painting. The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University.