AI technology helps restore ancient Rembrandt painting

26 Jun 2021

AI technology helps restore ancient Rembrandt painting

AI technology helps restore ancient Rembrandt paintingWe have earlier read how AI (artificial intelligence technology) is helping us restore old paintings. In another such instance, AI helped restore a famous painting called The Night Watch.
An important Dutch artist named Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn painted it in 1642.
Important Details

Unfortunately, for about 300 years, we have not been able to view the whole painting. This is because, in 1715, people cut strips from all four sides of it.
They did this to make it fit through a door. Thankfully, before that happened, someone had painted a smaller copy of it.
So, people do know what the full painting looks like, even if the original was cut.
Now, art restorers and computer scientists have used AI technology to recreate the missing parts. The AI copied Rembrandt's style to add the missing parts.
While the new painting is not exactly like the damaged original, it gives us all a better look at the full masterpiece.

The Night Watch
The painting shows the captain of an Amsterdam city militia (army) ordering his men into action, in 1642. It is huge in size, over 11 feet tall. Today, you can see the painting at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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We have earlier read how AI (artificial intelligence technology) is helping us restore old paintings. In another such instance, AI helped restore a famous painting called The Night Watch.

An important Dutch artist named Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn painted it in 1642.

Important Details

Unfortunately, for about 300 years, we have not been able to view the whole painting. This is because, in 1715, people cut strips from all four sides of it.
They did this to make it fit through a door. Thankfully, before that happened, someone had painted a smaller copy of it.
So, people do know what the full painting looks like, even if the original was cut.
Now, art restorers and computer scientists have used AI technology to recreate the missing parts. The AI copied Rembrandt’s style to add the missing parts.
While the new painting is not exactly like the damaged original, it gives us all a better look at the full masterpiece.

The Night Watch

The painting shows the captain of an Amsterdam city militia (army) ordering his men into action, in 1642. It is huge in size, over 11 feet tall. Today, you can see the painting at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.