and said there were as many kinds of light as there were ways of painting. It was not a question of light, he added, but of a painter's methods and style. He also wrote several academic papers debunking the myth that Claude Monet painted only with natural light. Awards In 2003, van de Wetering was presented with the College Art Association/American Institute for Conservation Joint Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation at Oxford University, where he has been a frequent guest lecturer. He was Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and recipient of the Silver Museum Medal of the City of Amsterdam. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford for 2002–03. A Festschrift in his honor was published in 2005: Marieke van den Doel, Natasja van Eck, Gerbrand Korevaar, Anna Tummers, Thijs Weststeijn (editors): The Learned Eye—Regarding Art, Theory, and the Artist's Reputation: Essays for Ernst van de Wetering. Amsterdam University Press, 2005, . Selected publications "Studies in the Workshop Practice of the Early Rembrandt." PhD dissertation, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1986. Rembrandt zelf, W. Books, 1999, . Rembrandt: The Painter at Work. Amsterdam University Press, 2009. . Ernst van de Wetering, P. van Schaik, B. de Lange. Rembrandt in nieuw licht. Local World, 2009. . A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, RRP, Springer, 1982–2014: parts 1, 2, and 3 (edited, with J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel); parts 4, 5, and 6 (author). "Rembrandt's Beginnings—An Essay." Kassel and Amsterdam, 2001–2002, pages 22–57. Rembrandt, A Life in 180 Paintings. Local World, 2008. Rembrandt. The Painter Thinking. Amsterdam University Press, 2016. . Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited, A Complete Survey, Springer, 2017. . References External links of Ernst van de Wetering discussing the "Rembrandt laughing" self-portrait Overview of publications by Ernst van de Wetering Complete text of his publication "Rembrandt: The Painter at Work", Amsterdam University Press, 1997 1938 births 2021 deaths Dutch art historians University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam People from Hengelo Slade Professors of Fine Art (University of Oxford) Rembrandt scholars