damaged masterpiece
Rembrandt's Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.'s Help
The cutdown painting is about 15 feet wide by 13 feet high. About two feet from the left of the canvas was shaved off, and another nine inches from the top. Lesser damage was done to the bottom, which lost about five inches, and the right side, which lost three. Temporarily restoring these parts will give visitors a glimpse of what had been lost: three figures on the left-hand side (two men and a boy) and, more important, a feel for Rembrandt's meticulous construction in the work's composition. With the missing pieces, the original dynamism of the masterpiece is stirred back to life.