Who knew chalk could talk? Amsterdam restorers certainly did, as they discovered Rembrandt’s original chalk outline of The Night Watch.
“You may ask why is this so important? Well, it gives us the feeling we can peek over Rembrandts shoulder while he was working on The Night Watch.”
Read it here:Hidden sketch revealed beneath Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Rembrandt’s The Night Watch. The hidden sketch reveals evidence of a series of changes the artist made as he went along. Photograph: Peter de Jong/AP
