Ernst van de Wetering (9 March 1938 – 11 August 2021[1])[2] was a Dutch art historian[3] and an expert on Rembrandt and his work.
He published extensively on historic painting techniques, as well as in the field of theory and ethics of conservation and restoration.
Van de Wetering was also able to discover a number of Rembrandt's works which had been repainted by the artist to make them more commercially acceptable.
He also wrote several academic papers debunking the myth that Claude Monet painted only with natural light.
Ernst van de Wetering was one of the critics of the restoration of the painting Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III.
This painting by Barnett Newman was attacked with a knife by Gerard Jan van Bladeren in 1986 and restored by Daniel Goldreyer in 1991.