Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz is a Rembrandt scholar. He is newsworthy because he has recently reattributed a painting, "Old Man with a Gold Chain," to Rembrandt. This painting, part of a UK collection, had long been dismissed as a workshop copy of another, almost identical Rembrandt painting. Schwartz's assessment, based on his expertise, suggests that both versions of the portrait, dated to the early 1630s and depicting an older man with a gold chain and plumed hat, were in fact painted by the 17th-century Dutch master himself. This reattribution is significant as it potentially increases the value and historical importance of the painting in the UK collection and contributes to the ongoing scholarly discourse surrounding Rembrandt's oeuvre.