.A strange anonymous portrait in the design of Rembrandt van Rijn just recently sold for almost $1.5 thousand at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, much more than 100 opportunities its own reduced price quote of $10,000.
The image illustrates a teen gal dressed in ascetic black attire. Depending on to Artnet Information, account was actually cataloged as being actually created "after" Rembrandt it was gone out with to the very early 1630s, a time frame when the performer managed picture commissions at Hendrick Uylenburgh's studio in Amsterdam.
Nevertheless, on the opposite of the image was actually affixed a tag that implied the picture may have originated from the hand of the fantastic Old Expert himself. According to the label, the art work, entitled Image of a Lady, was the moment loaned to Philadelphia Museum of Art through Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, an offspring of the Curtis Posting Company fortune. At that time, depending on to the tag, the paint was credited to Rembrandt himself, though the Philadelphia Gallery of Art stated that such a label performs certainly not translate to authentication. The museum was additionally unable to select which show consisted of the painting.
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Picture of a Woman was actually discovered by Kaja Veilleux, the creator and salesman of Thomaston Spot, during in the attic room of a personal estate in Camden, Maine, in the course of a regular property phone call. Bidding opened up at $32,500, according to Live Auctioneers, as well as the price rose rapidly, driven by 11 prospective buyers-- nine on the phone and also two in person. Inevitably, the picture mosted likely to a confidential UK collector, regardless of sticking around concerns concerning its own genuineness.
In 2014, 2 Rembrandt images that were actually earlier unknown were found in a household's private selection and also cost Christie's London for $ 14 thousand. Back then, they were actually believed to be the last Rembrandts that were actually secured privately.
Christie's presently carries the files for both the best costly and also the second-most expensive Rembrandts to have ever sold at auction. Picture of a male with upper arms akimbo ( 1658) sold for u20a4 20.2 million ($ 33.3 thousand) in London in December 2009, while Picture of a female in black outfit and a cap and also dog collar (1632) sold for u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 thousand) in 2000.