The Met and Louvre Announce “Rembrandt and the Ancients” for 2027

Jason Yim

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The New York exhibition will bring together more than 125 works from November 7, 2027, through February 6, 2028.
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 (61.198). Public Domain.

[SayArt = Jason Yim] The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present “Rembrandt and the Ancients” from November 7, 2027, through February 6, 2028. The exhibition is organized with the Musée du Louvre.

Announced on October 15, the show will occupy the Tisch Galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue. It will include more than 125 works, with about 70 paintings, prints and drawings by Rembrandt alongside ancient and Renaissance objects.

The exhibition examines the artist’s engagement with the history, art and literature of ancient Greece, Rome and the wider Mediterranean.

The Met’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” is among the announced works. Loans include “Woman Bathing in a Stream” from the National Gallery, London, and “Bathsheba Holding King David’s Letter” from the Louvre.

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