Rembrandt Case

The reading raises the doubt whether one of the paintings was created by Rembrandt or not and the author believes that some doubts are shown that the painting wass not portrayed by Rembrandt. However, in the listening, the professor claims that the original painting was covered by another painting and Rembradt actually produced the one underneath it.

The writer in the reading talks about the dressing style of the woman in the painting and says that it is an unusual Rembrandt style because Rembrandt will not have depicted by using such a inconsistent style. Nevertheless, the professor tells the shocking discovery that there is another painting drawn above the original painting. She says that the furcolor is not the original color and it is the color used by somebody else after 100 years the original painting was crated in order to make the original drawing more valuable.

Secondly, the reading argues that the light and shadow do not go together with the woman's face in the painting while Rembrandt is considered as the master of painting light and shadow. However, the woman in the listening says that the scientists used x-ray to see the original painting and in the original painting the woman was wearing a white floth. More importantly, in the original painting the light and the shadow was perfectly used and they were illuminated on the woman's face. The use of the light in the original painting did match Rembrandt's style and it made the painting more realistic.

Finally, it is said that in the reading the painting was on a panel made of several pieces of wood glued together while Rembrandt preferred to draw on a single piece of wood. The professor in the listening refutes the statement in the reading by saying that the original painting was delineated on one piece of wood and more wood pieces were added when other people painted the second layer on the original piece and because they wanted