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Rembrandt exhibit drew huge crowds to N.C. Museum of Art

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Monday, January 23, 2012

(Updated 8:54 am)

By The Associated Press

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Museum of Art says its three-month exhibit of Rembrandt paintings collected by Americans pulled a big crowd.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the show of works by the Dutch master and others once attributed to him drew more than 150,000 people to the Raleigh museum at $18 per adult ticket.

The museum says that ranks an all-time third behind shows highlighting French painter Claude Monet and sculptor Auguste Rodin with his "Thinker." The Rembrandt exhibition of nearly 50 paintings beat earlier shows of works by Picasso and Norman Rockwell,

The exhibit gathered more than $1 billion worth of artwork loaned by private collections and other museums. It now moves to museums in Cleveland and Minneapolis.

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News & Observer of Raleigh

Photo Caption: Patrons viewing works at the N.C. Museum of Art.

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nemo0037

January 23, 2012 - 12:12 pm EST

Sadly, I never heard of this exhibit until it was nearly done, and I wasn't able to get out there before it closed up. Considering how good the earlier exhibit was of Monet, I rather expect this one was equally fascinating. I guess from now on I'll need to be on the museum's email list, to catch onto these exhibits in good time for planning.