AMSTERDAM.- From 11 October to 13 November 2011, a religious masterpiece will be on view in De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam: The Holy Family by Rembrandt (1645). For five weeks this painting can be admired in an ideal setting, displayed alone in the sanctuary, once the place of the high altar. For almost 240 years, this painting, which was acquired by Catharine the Great in 1772 from the Crozat Collection in Paris, has been one of the most important works at the Hermitage in St Petersburg. Soon you will be able to see it in Amsterdam, at De Nieuwe Kerk at Dam Square, where it will be a major attraction in all its serene majesty. With this painting, De Nieuwe Kerk is initiating a new tradition. Every year, it will be displaying a religious masterpiece from a museum or private collection. It will ask the director of a major international museum to choose his or her favourite religious painting or object, a