.A strange anonymous portrait in the style of Rembrandt vehicle Rijn just recently sold for virtually $1.5 million at Thomaston Area Public Auction Galleries, more than one hundred times its reduced quote of $10,000.
The portraiture illustrates a teenage female dressed in ascetic dark clothes. According to Artnet News, account was actually cataloged as being actually created "after" Rembrandt it was dated to the very early 1630s, a time frame when the musician oversaw portrait compensations at Hendrick Uylenburgh's studio in Amsterdam.
However, on the reverse of the image was actually affixed a tag that indicated the picture may have originated from the hand of the terrific Outdated Expert themself. Depending on to the label, the paint, titled Portrait of a Girl, was actually once loaned to Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art by Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, a spin-off of the Curtis Printing Company fortune. Back then, depending on to the label, the paint was actually credited to Rembrandt himself, though the Philly Gallery of Art said that such a label performs not equate to authentication. The gallery was additionally not able to point which present consisted of the painting.
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Picture of a Girl was actually uncovered by Kaja Veilleux, the founder and also salesclerk of Thomaston Place, in the course of in the attic room of a private real estate in Camden, Maine, during a regular home call. Bidding process opened at $32,500, depending on to Reside Auctioneers, and also the price escalated quickly, steered by 11 bidders-- nine on the phone and also pair of in person. Ultimately, account headed to an anonymous UK collection agent, even with hanging around concerns concerning its own legitimacy.
Last year, pair of Rembrandt portraits that were actually recently unidentified were discovered in a loved ones's personal collection and sold at Christie's Greater london for $ 14 million. At that time, they were actually believed to be the final Rembrandts that were kept independently.
Christie's presently supports the files for both one of the most costly and the second-most expensive Rembrandts to have actually ever sold at public auction. Image of a male with upper arms akimbo ( 1658) cost u20a4 20.2 thousand ($ 33.3 thousand) in London in December 2009, while Portraiture of a woman in dark costume and a cap and dog collar (1632) cost u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 million) in 2000.