.A mysterious anonymous image in the style of Rembrandt van Rijn recently sold for almost $1.5 million at Thomaston Location Auction Galleries, much more than one hundred opportunities its own reduced estimate of $10,000.
The portraiture depicts a teen woman dressed in ascetic dark attire. Depending on to Artnet Information, account was actually cataloged as being actually created "after" Rembrandt it was courted to the early 1630s, a duration when the artist oversaw portrait payments at Hendrick Uylenburgh's center in Amsterdam.
However, on the reverse of the picture was affixed a label that implied account might possess come from the hand of the wonderful Outdated Master themself. Depending on to the label, the paint, titled Portraiture of a Girl, was as soon as loaned to Philly Gallery of Art by Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, a descendant of the Curtis Posting Firm luck. Back then, according to the tag, the paint was actually attributed to Rembrandt themself, though the Philadelphia Museum of Craft pointed out that such a label does not relate to authentication. The museum was also not able to determine which present featured the art work.
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Picture of a Girl was actually found through Kaja Veilleux, the owner and auctioneer of Thomaston Area, throughout in the attic of an exclusive property in Camden, Maine, throughout a regular home phone call. Bidding opened at $32,500, according to Reside Auctioneers, and the cost grew quickly, steered by 11 prospective buyers-- nine on the phone and also two personally. Essentially, account mosted likely to a confidential UK collection agent, in spite of hanging around concerns regarding its own authenticity.
Last year, 2 Rembrandt portraits that were actually formerly not known were actually found in a family members's private selection and also cost Christie's London for $ 14 million. Back then, they were actually thought to be the final Rembrandts that were actually secured independently.
Christie's presently keeps the reports for both the absolute most costly and also the second-most pricey Rembrandts to have ever cost public auction. Portrait of a man with arms akimbo ( 1658) sold for u20a4 20.2 thousand ($ 33.3 million) in London in December 2009, while Picture of a gal in dark outfit and a limit and also collar (1632) sold for u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 million) in 2000.