4 Masterpieces That Aren't What the Artist Painted | Vermeer, Rembrandt, Leonardo, van Anthonissen

The painting hanging in the museum is not always the one the artist made. Four times, someone came along, decided the master had got it wrong, and fixed him. They painted over him, cut him down, erased him, scraped him away. This is the story of four masterpieces that were rewritten after the artist was gone, and the uncomfortable question underneath all of them: when a museum can only hang one version, who decides which truth you get to stand in front of? Featuring: Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, and the Cupid that a stranger painted over. Rembrandt, The Night Watch, and the two feet sliced off the left edge in 1715. Hendrick van Anthonissen, View of Scheveningen Sands, and the whale hidden in plain sight for 140 years. Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, and the wall that is now more restorer than Leonardo. Which version would you keep, the one the master painted, or the one that survived? Tell me below. Chapters: 00:00 The version you were shown 00:33 Vermeer — the Cupid that came back 01:56 Rembrandt — the mutilated Night Watch 03:09 The whale someone erased 04:35 Leonardo — an authentic wreck 06:23 Every museum is still choosing for you All paintings are in the public domain, sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Music from the YouTube Audio Library: "Singularity", "Event Horizon", "False Vacuum Decay", "Pulsar", "Red Shift" and "Laniakea" by The Grey Room / Density & Time.