Mauritshuis Reveals Three Rembrandt Paintings from Its Collection Are Copies
The Mauritius museum in The Hague said three paintings in its collection that were attributed to Rembrandt were, in fact, merely copies done in the Dutch artist’s style. The copies are Portrait of Rembrandt with a Gorget (ca. 1629), Study of an Old Man (ca. 1655–60) and ‘Tronie’ of an Old Man (ca. 1630), according […]
The California Gold Rush (II)
Expansion of the California Gold Fields The easily worked alluvial deposits of gold extracted by the early miners made mining look simple, and this fact added to the many stories of fabulous wealth lured thousands of men to the gold fields of California. Nevertheless the discovery of new placers did not await their coming. Not […]