Is this a real Rembrandt? It was done by computer, but it's not a copy of a Rembrandt. It's an example of Artificial Intelligence. A team of technologists produced an original 3D-printed portrait after existing works by the artist were analysed by computer. A new work was designed to be indistinguishable from a Rembrandt, while remaining an original portrait. It was 3D-printed to give it the same texture as an oil painting.

Data on Rembrandt's paintings were gathered which discovered patterns in how the Dutch master would, for example, characteristically shape a subject's eyes in his portraits. Then, machine-learning algorithms were developed which could output a new portrait mirroring Rembrandt's style.

The project, "The Next Rembrandt", was a collaboration between Microsoft, financial firm ING, Delft University of Technology and two Dutch art museums - Mauritshuis and Rembrandthuis.

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