.A mystical anonymous picture in the style of Rembrandt van Rijn recently cost virtually $1.5 million at Thomaston Spot Auction Galleries, greater than one hundred opportunities its low price quote of $10,000.
The image depicts a teenage girl dressed in austere dark clothing. According to Artnet Updates, account was cataloged as being actually made "after" Rembrandt it was actually courted to the very early 1630s, a period when the artist oversaw image commissions at Hendrick Uylenburgh's studio in Amsterdam.
Nonetheless, on the reverse of the portrait was actually fastened a label that suggested the picture might possess arised from the palm of the wonderful Aged Professional himself. Depending on to the sticker label, the painting, labelled Portrait of a Female, was once loaned to Philadelphia Gallery of Fine Art by Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, an offspring of the Curtis Printing Firm fortune. Back then, according to the label, the art work was credited to Rembrandt himself, though the Philly Museum of Fine art said that such a tag does certainly not translate to authorization. The gallery was likewise not able to pin down which reveal consisted of the art work.
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Picture of a Woman was actually found by Kaja Veilleux, the owner and also salesclerk of Thomaston Spot, during in the attic of a private estate in Camden, Maine, throughout a regular property phone call. Bidding process opened up at $32,500, according to Live Auctioneers, and the cost intensified quickly, driven by 11 bidders-- 9 on the phone and also two personally. Essentially, the picture went to an undisclosed UK collection agency, even with lingering questions regarding its legitimacy.
In 2014, 2 Rembrandt pictures that were actually recently not known were located in a household's personal collection and also cost Christie's Greater london for $ 14 thousand. Back then, they were actually thought to be actually the last Rembrandts that were actually kept independently.
Christie's presently supports the records for both the most costly as well as the second-most costly Rembrandts to have actually ever sold at auction. Image of a male along with upper arms akimbo ( 1658) sold for u20a4 20.2 million ($ 33.3 million) in Greater london in December 2009, while Image of a girl in black clothing and also a cap and also dog collar (1632) sold for u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 thousand) in 2000.