Grabar, I. A Newly Discovered Rembrandt (Novootkrytyy Rembrandt). 1956. In Russian.

И. Грабарь.
Новооткрытый Рембрандт.
Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1956.
96 с., илл. ; 29,7×22,8 см. В издательском иллюстрированном переплете и в издательской иллюстрированной суперобложке. Энциклопедический формат.
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Igor Grabar.
A Newly Discovered Rembrandt (Novootkrytyy Rembrandt).
Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956.
96 pp., illus. ; 29.7×22.8 cm. In publisher's illustrated binding and original illustrated dust jacket. Encyclopedic format.

This 1956 academic monograph by Igor Grabar (1871–1960)—the preeminent Soviet art historian, painter, and restorer—is a masterpiece of art historical detective work. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of attribution and restoration, including the arrangement of Grabar’s rigorous scientific and stylistic analysis of a then-newly identified work by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. Published by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the volume exemplifies the peak of Soviet connoisseurship, combining meticulous archival research with the latest technical methods of the era. The book is generously illustrated with high-quality reproductions, including macro-photographs of brushwork and X-ray analysis used to authenticate the painting’s provenance.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the mid-century efforts of Soviet scholars to integrate Russian museum collections into the global discourse of Western European art history.