BERLIN, GERMANY

The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin has recently discovered that the famous Rembrandt painting of a Mennonite pastor and his wife has been hanging upside down for the past four centuries.

“I’m not sure how this error occurred, but we found diary entries and early sketches that clearly indicate the painting was intended to be displayed the other way around,” said gallery curator Ida Fuchs. “We can’t say for sure of course, but we think this may be Rembrandt’s commentary on the state of the Mennonite church at the time. No wonder he never joined.”

The painting, however, will remain in its current state, being too fragile to reposition.

“We will be offering to hoist visitors to the rafters and hang them by their feet so they can get a good look at the painting the way Rembrandt

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