Painting by Rembrandt Depicting Biblical Scene to Go on Auction for 30 Million Dollars
4 years, 2 months ago

Painting by Rembrandt Depicting Biblical Scene to Go on Auction for 30 Million Dollars

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Are the Old Masters back in fashion? After the spectacular announcement of a Botticelli portrait auction last week, art collectors are sure to be excited by Sotheby’s latest masterpiece up for grabs — a rare Rembrandt painting. Estimated to go for between 20 and 30 million dollars, “Abraham and the Angels” will be auctioned off in January alongside Botticelli’s portrait, during the house’s annual Masters Week sales. The current record, a 1658 Rembrandt canvas, called “Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo,” reached a sale price of $33.2 million in December 2009 at Christie’s. Before Sotheby’s Masters Week’s sale next January, “Abraham and the Angels” will be on view in the auction’s house galleries in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and London.

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Painting that ‘mysteriously’ ended up in dusty attic turns out to be a $1.4 million Rembrandt
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Painting that ‘mysteriously’ ended up in dusty attic turns out to be a $1.4 million Rembrandt

Hindustan Times  

A Rembrandt discovered in an attic sold for $1.4 million. The 17th century painting, “Portrait of a Girl,” by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was discovered by art appraiser and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux in an attic in an estate in Camden, Maine. This photo shows a 17th-century painting, “Portrait of a Girl,” by the Dutch artist Rembrandt. “On house …

From attic to auction: A Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

From attic to auction: A Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine

Associated Press  

THOMASTON, Maine — A Rembrandt discovered in an attic sold for $1.4 million. The 17th century painting, “Portrait of a Girl,” by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was discovered by art appraiser and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux in an attic in an estate in Camden, Maine. “On house calls, we often go in blind, not knowing what we’ll find,” said …

Rembrandt portraits that were privately held for 200 years go on show in Amsterdam
1 year ago

Rembrandt portraits that were privately held for 200 years go on show in Amsterdam

Hindustan Times  

After nearly 200 years in a private collection, a pair of small portraits by 17th century Dutch Master Rembrandt van Rijn went on display Wednesday after a long-term loan to the Netherlands’ national art and history museum. The Rijksmuseum said the portraits of Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and his wife Jaapgen “disappeared from view for almost two centuries, before …

Two rediscovered Rembrandt portraits sell for €11 million at auction
1 year, 5 months ago

Two rediscovered Rembrandt portraits sell for €11 million at auction

Hindustan Times  

Almost 200 years ago, a British family bought two oil portraits by the 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt at a Christie's auction. There were also family ties between the portrayed couple and the painter: one of the seven children in the van der Pluym family was married to Rembrandt's first cousin. After discovering the portraits, authentication began using forensic work …

Previously undiscovered Rembrandts going up for auction
1 year, 7 months ago

Previously undiscovered Rembrandts going up for auction

NL Times  

Christie’s will auction off two previously undiscovered portraits by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn in London on July 6. The couple’s son also married one of Rembrandt’s cousins, and the only child from that marriage - Karel van der Pluym - was an accomplished painter believed to have been apprenticed to Rembrandt. The museum conducted art-historical and material-technical research on …

Mondrian sells for record $51 million at Sotheby's
2 years, 1 month ago

Mondrian sells for record $51 million at Sotheby's

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Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian’s 1922 painting Compositie nr. II’ by Piet Mondrian has set the artist’s new record, achieving an astounding $51 million. Other works by Mondrian have since joined the big league prices offered by investors, with his Compositie III met rood, blauw, geel en zwart sellling for €44 million in 2015. One of Mondrian’s most famous works, Victory …

Mondrian sells for record $51 million at Sotheby's
2 years, 1 month ago

Mondrian sells for record $51 million at Sotheby's

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Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian’s 1922 painting Compositie nr. II’ by Piet Mondrian has set the artist’s new record, achieving an astounding $51 million. Other works by Mondrian have since joined the big league prices offered by investors, with his Compositie III met rood, blauw, geel en zwart sellling for €44 million in 2015. One of Mondrian’s most famous works, Victory …

Dutch artwork, including Rembrandt sketch, sell for €11.8 million at auction
2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch artwork, including Rembrandt sketch, sell for €11.8 million at auction

NL Times  

Nine Dutch artworks from the 16th and 17th centuries sold for a combined total of 9.97 million pounds, equivalent to roughly 11.79 million euros, at Christie’s in London on Thursday. Two of the Dutch items sold for higher amounts, including a painting by Haarlem-born artist Jacob van Ruisdael of a wooded landscape that garnered 3.38 million pounds. A buyer also …

Botticelli's 1470s 'masterpiece' expected to sell for $80 million in New York
3 years, 10 months ago

Botticelli's 1470s 'masterpiece' expected to sell for $80 million in New York

Hindustan Times  

A portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than $80 million when it goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday. Botticelli's 1470s 'masterpiece' expected to sell for $80 million in New York "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one …

Portrait by Renaissance master expected to soar past $80M
4 years, 3 months ago

Portrait by Renaissance master expected to soar past $80M

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticelli’s 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in “Young Man Holding a Roundel” is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale series in New York …

Self-portrait of young Rembrandt expected to fetch €15 million at auction
4 years, 4 months ago

Self-portrait of young Rembrandt expected to fetch €15 million at auction

Dutch News  

A self-portrait by Rembrandt is expected to fetch around €15 million when it goes on sale in London on Tuesday evening. Although around 80 Rembrandt self-portraits are known to exist, only three are in private hands, making the sale at Sotheby’s a rare opportunity for collectors. Epco Runia, curator of the collection at the Rembrandthuis museum in Amsterdam, said: ‘It’s …

Dutch Master's Uncovered: Portrait of a Young Gentleman is the First Undiscovered Rembrandt in 44 Years
6 years, 7 months ago

Dutch Master's Uncovered: Portrait of a Young Gentleman is the First Undiscovered Rembrandt in 44 Years

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A painting of a young man by the Dutch master Rembrandt has been discovered after 44 years. The painting, measuring 94.5 cm by 73.5 cm, was bought at an auction in London for the equivalent of €156,000. The painting was authenticated by 15 conservators and art historians, including Ernst van de Wetering, the world's foremost Rembrandt expert. It is now …

Dutch Master's Uncovered: Portrait of a Young Gentleman is the First Undiscovered Rembrandt in 44 Years
6 years, 7 months ago

Dutch Master's Uncovered: Portrait of a Young Gentleman is the First Undiscovered Rembrandt in 44 Years

Dutch News  

A painting of a young man by the Dutch master Rembrandt has been discovered after 44 years. The painting, measuring 94.5 cm by 73.5 cm, was bought at an auction in London for the equivalent of €156,000. The painting was authenticated by 15 conservators and art historians, including Ernst van de Wetering, the world's foremost Rembrandt expert. It is now …

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