.A strange anonymous image in the type of Rembrandt truck Rijn lately cost nearly $1.5 million at Thomaston Area Auction Galleries, more than 100 opportunities its own low quote of $10,000.
The image shows an adolescent female dressed in ascetic dark attire. According to Artnet Updates, account was cataloged as being created "after" Rembrandt it was actually dated to the early 1630s, a duration when the musician supervised image compensations at Hendrick Uylenburgh's studio in Amsterdam.
However, on the reverse of the picture was actually affixed a tag that implied account might possess stemmed from the palm of the wonderful Aged Master himself. Depending on to the label, the paint, titled Picture of a Lady, was actually as soon as lent to Philadelphia Gallery of Craft by Cary Bok of Camden, Maine, a spin-off of the Curtis Posting Firm fortune. At that time, depending on to the label, the paint was actually attributed to Rembrandt himself, though the Philly Museum of Craft claimed that such a label performs certainly not correspond to authorization. The gallery was likewise unable to point which reveal included the painting.
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Image of a Female was found out through Kaja Veilleux, the owner and also auctioneer of Thomaston Location, in the course of in the attic room of a personal property in Camden, Maine, throughout a regimen house call. Bidding opened up at $32,500, according to Reside Auctioneers, as well as the rate rose quickly, driven through 11 bidders-- 9 on the phone as well as two personally. Essentially, account went to an anonymous UK collector, even with lingering questions concerning its legitimacy.
In 2014, two Rembrandt portraits that were actually earlier unfamiliar were found in a family members's private selection as well as cost Christie's Greater london for $ 14 million. During the time, they were actually thought to be the last Rembrandts that were actually held independently.
Christie's currently keeps the files for both one of the most pricey and also the second-most expensive Rembrandts to have ever sold at auction. Portrait of a man with arms akimbo ( 1658) sold for u20a4 20.2 million ($ 33.3 million) in London in December 2009, while Portrait of a woman in dark costume and a hat as well as collar (1632) cost u20a4 19.8 thousand ($ 28.8 million) in 2000.