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Met and Louvre to present major Rembrandt exhibition in 2027
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre are co-organizing a Rembrandt exhibition about ancient influences on his work.
Called *Rembrandt and the Ancients*, it will open in New York in November 2027.
The show will bring together more than 125 objects, including paintings, drawings, prints and historical reference materials.
It will examine how Greco-Roman and biblical ideas shaped Rembrandt’s art.
The exhibition reflects a period when Dutch collectors gathered antiquities and printed books spread classical texts in Dutch.
Some works will be shown in the United States for the first time, including Rembrandt’s *Oath of the Batavians*.
After its New York presentation, the exhibition will travel to Paris in 2028.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre will co-organize a major exhibition on Rembrandt and his Greco-Roman and biblical influences.
“Rembrandt and the Ancients” will open at the Met in November 2027 and travel to Paris in 2028.
The exhibition will bring together more than 125 objects, including paintings, drawings, prints and historic reference materials.
It will include multiple works by Rembrandt shown in the United States for the first time, including “Oath of the Batavians.”
- Who
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée du Louvre.
- What
- They are co-organizing “Rembrandt and the Ancients,” an exhibition about classical and biblical influences on Rembrandt.
- When
- It opens in November 2027 and travels to Paris in 2028.
- Where
- The exhibition opens at the Met in Manhattan and later travels to the Louvre in Paris.
- Why
- It explores Greco-Roman and biblical influences throughout Rembrandt’s practice.
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Rembrandt and the Ancients” is scheduled to open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition is scheduled to travel to Paris.
- Organizers
- Metropolitan Museum of Art and Musée du Louvre
- Exhibition title
- Rembrandt and the Ancients
- Opening
- November 2027, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Paris presentation
- 2028, Louvre
- Objects
- More than 125
- First US display
- Rembrandt’s “Oath of the Batavians” is to be shown in the United States for the first time.