Rembrandt

Aha Moment: Rescued by Rembrandt

Arts, Culture & Media

Roger Housden is an Englishman living in America who writes poetry and books on spiritual topics. One rainy day, while in London on business, Housden wandered into the National Gallery. He was basically just killing time when he stumbled onto something utterly transforming, a self-portrait by Rembrandt.

A missing Chinese painting is just the latest example of artworks accidentally thrown away — or worse