Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed to have seen a picture iPhone at a painting that was painted in 1670. Really?
This story originated from one journalist at The Next Web named Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, who interviewed Cook at Startup Fest Europe event in Amsterdam. Cook told me many things, but one that is enough to attract attention Van Zanten.
Neelie Kroes told Van Zanten said, "At one point the team is rushing up to me and told me that he found a painting in which there is an image of the iPhone.".
Kroes continued, Cook then took his hand and showed a Rembrandt is in it seemed someone was holding the iPhone.
Then, Tim continued. "I always thought, I know when the iPhone was found, but now I no longer believe," said Cook.
Then, Neelie showed the audience a photograph captured using his iPhone. The photo is a bit blurry so it is not clear whether the painting was actually displays an iPhone in it.
However, when Van Zanten return, he searched for the painting is meant to pages owned by the Rijksmuseum. He is searching for the keyword 'Rembrandts' then click 'Search'.
What happened? Van Zanten find a collection of 2,304 paintings as Rembrandts spread over 192 pages. However, none of the painting is meant by Cook.
After searching the Rijksmuseum pages, he discovered what is meant by Cook. Apparently the painting is the work of Pieter de Hooch's 'Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House'.
In an older photograph it, was a man who seemed to wear a dress is holding an object. Apparently, the item referred to Cook as the iPhone is a letter. However, it carries objects does seem like an iPhone 6 gold rather than a letter.
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