This is a brand new Rembrandt painting, but
no it wasn't found hidden in an attic somewhere,
it was in fact 3D printed.
This isn't merely replication though - for
18 months, technicians, academics and art
historians poured over 346 of the Dutch master's
works, built an algorithm and then a programme
created a whole new piece of art in the Rembrandt
style.
The subject was also decided digitally - a
Caucasian male, between 30 and 40 years old,
with facial hair and wearing dark clothing.
Pixel data became impasto data, mimicking
brushstrokes and paint thickness.
The end result: 148 billion pixels were printed
in 13 layers of UV-ink.
But while science may be able to replicate
Rembrandt's genius, it might not be able to
replicate price tags.
After all, two very real Rembrandts were recently
sold for 176 million dollars.
