.A strange anonymous picture in the style of Rembrandt truck Rijn lately cost virtually $1.5 thousand at Thomaston Place Public Auction Galleries, much more than one hundred opportunities its low estimation of $10,000.
The picture shows an adolescent gal worn austere dark outfit. Depending on to Artnet News, account was cataloged as being actually made "after" Rembrandt it was dated to the early 1630s, a time period when the performer oversaw portraiture payments at Hendrick Uylenburgh's center in Amsterdam.
Nonetheless, on the reverse of the portrait was affixed a tag that indicated account might possess come from the palm of the excellent Aged Master themself. According to the sticker, the paint, entitled Picture of a Female, was the moment lent to Philadelphia Gallery of Art by Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, a descendant of the Curtis Printing Firm fortune. During that time, depending on to the label, the painting was actually attributed to Rembrandt himself, though the Philly Museum of Fine art said that such a label performs not equate to authentication. The gallery was likewise unable to pin down which reveal featured the art work.
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Portraiture of a Girl was discovered by Kaja Veilleux, the owner and salesman of Thomaston Place, in the course of in the attic room of a private estate in Camden, Maine, in the course of a routine house telephone call. Bidding process opened up at $32,500, according to Reside Auctioneers, and the price grew rapidly, driven by 11 bidders-- nine on the phone and also pair of in person. Ultimately, account mosted likely to a confidential UK collection agent, regardless of hanging around inquiries concerning its authenticity.
In 2015, two Rembrandt pictures that were recently not known were actually found in a family members's exclusive collection as well as sold at Christie's Greater london for $ 14 million. Back then, they were actually believed to be actually the last Rembrandts that were kept privately.
Christie's presently holds the files for both one of the most costly and also the second-most pricey Rembrandts to have actually ever sold at public auction. Image of a guy with arms akimbo ( 1658) sold for u20a4 20.2 million ($ 33.3 million) in London in December 2009, while Portraiture of a lady in dark costume and also a limit and dog collar (1632) cost u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 thousand) in 2000.