Remembering Rembrandt

A retrospective art exhibition, Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, opened at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, displaying 178 paintings by some 100 artists.

According to museum director Laszlo Baan, the exhibition marks the first time Hungary hosts a comprehensive display of Dutch art's golden age.

Celebrated art historian Ildiko Ember, who curated the exhibit, says the world recognizes roughly 5,000 Dutch painters who worked at the time. This is the first time Hungarians have the chance to see a Vermeer painting at home, she says.