Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:27 +0200Speculation over Rembrandt painting: is the old man Jan Amos Comenius?https://english.radio.cz/speculation-over-rembrandt-painting-old-man-jan-amos-comenius-8621003© 2026 Radio Prague International Millions of people have admired it at the Uffizi Art Gallery in Florence. Now, Rembrandt's painting of an old man has acquired a new significance for Czechs. According to Ernst van de Wetering, a Dutch art specialist, the anonymous old man in the painting is almost certainly one of the most prominent figures in Czech history - the teacher of nations Jan Amos Comenius. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/rembrandt_0.jpg?timestamp=1591446688 Speculation over Rembrandt painting: is the old man Jan Amos Comenius? https://english.radio.cz/speculation-over-rembrandt-painting-old-man-jan-amos-comenius-8621003 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9