MP’s agree to spend up to €150 million on Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer
3 years, 2 months ago

MP’s agree to spend up to €150 million on Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer

NL Times  

Members of the Tweede Kamer agreed to the Cabinet’s plan to allocate 150 million euros for the purchase of a painting by Rembrandt. The Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate, must also give its approval before the purchase of The Standard Bearer can be completed. The left-wing opposition wanted the Cabinet to make an additional 150 million euros available to bolster this sector along with the money for the painting, but a proposal to that effect from GroenLinks, SP, PvdA, PvdD, BIJ1, Volt, BBB and the Den Haan faction fell short of a majority. Caretaker Education and Culture Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven also acknowledged that the timing of the purchase was "extremely unfortunate.” When the sale is final, the Cabinet wants The Standard Bearer to tour the twelve provinces.

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Two rediscovered Rembrandt portraits sell for €11 million at auction
1 year, 8 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 …

Unknown Rembrandt discovered in American museum
5 years ago

Unknown Rembrandt discovered in American museum

NL Times  

An American museum discovered a previously unknown painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. The Allentown Art Museum for years attributed the Portrait of a Young Woman to one of Rembrandt's understudies working in his studio in the 17th century, but after restoration and scientific study now concluded that it was painted by the Dutch master himself, the Pennsylvania museum said in …

Rijksmuseum considering buying Rembrandt painting for €165 million: report
5 years, 10 months ago

Rijksmuseum considering buying Rembrandt painting for €165 million: report

NL Times  

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam wants to buy the Rembrandt masterpiece The Standard Bearer for 165 million euros, according to NRC. The French government wants the masterpiece to stay in France and has therefore given French museums three months to buy the painting. But influential French art historian Didier Rykner believes The Standard Bearer will end up in the Rijksmuseum, because …

€160 million Rembrandt couple to make July debut in Amsterdam
8 years, 10 months ago

€160 million Rembrandt couple to make July debut in Amsterdam

NL Times  

The wedding portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit will be on display in the Rijksmuseum for the first time on July 2nd, Minister Jet Bussemaker of Education, Culture and Science announced on De Wereld Draait Door on Thursday. The two Rembrandt paintings were jointly purchased by the Netherlands and France for a massive 160 million euros. The Netherlands and …

Rembrandts worth €160 million will not arrive in 2015; no nat’l tour
9 years, 3 months ago

Rembrandts worth €160 million will not arrive in 2015; no nat’l tour

NL Times  

The two Rembrandt paintings jointly bought by the Netherlands and France for 160 million euros will not arrive in the Netherlands before the end of this year, according to a spokesperson for the Rijksmuseum. The Rijksmuseum also wanted to do a national tour, during which the paintings would be displayed in each of the provinces' capitals, but the French authorities …

Report: Culture minister bungled €160 million Rembrandt deal
9 years, 5 months ago

Report: Culture minister bungled €160 million Rembrandt deal

NL Times  

Sources speaking anonymously to newspaper De Telegraaf blame Dutch Minister of Culture, Jet Bussemaker, for not securing a deal that would bring two large Rembrandt portraits to the Netherlands in a 160 million euro deal with the Rothschild family in France. Quoting "stakeholders" who are at least tangentially involved in the paintings' purchase, the newspaper said the minister failed in …

Netherlands, France agree on €160 million Rembrandt purchase at UN meeting
9 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands, France agree on €160 million Rembrandt purchase at UN meeting

NL Times  

The Netherlands and France will jointly purchase two Rembrandt portraits for a combined total of 160 million euros, Dutch cultural minister Jet Bussemaker informed parliament on Wednesday. The two countries came to terms during a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French President Francois Hollande at the UN summit in New York this week. France’s cultural minister, Fleur Pellerin, …

Rembrandt wedding portraits: French state offers to buy one
9 years, 5 months ago

Rembrandt wedding portraits: French state offers to buy one

Dutch News  

Dutch efforts to buy two Rembrandt portraits from the wealthy Rothschild family in France received a knock on Thursday when it emerged the French state has offered €80m for one of the two pictures. The Dutch government and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are attempting to raise €160m to buy both pictures and the Dutch culture ministry has already pledged €80m. Dutch bid …

Rembrandt wedding portraits: French state offers to buy one
9 years, 5 months ago

Rembrandt wedding portraits: French state offers to buy one

Dutch News  

Dutch efforts to buy two Rembrandt portraits from the wealthy Rothschild family in France received a knock on Thursday when it emerged the French state has offered €80m for one of the two pictures. The Dutch government and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum are attempting to raise €160m to buy both pictures and the Dutch culture ministry has already pledged €80m. Dutch bid …

Dutch government to put €80m into buying two Rembrandts
9 years, 5 months ago

Dutch government to put €80m into buying two Rembrandts

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has agreed to put €80m towards the Rijksmuseum’s plans to buy two Rembrandt portraits for €160m, culture minister Jet Bussemaker told Nos radio on Monday. The Rijksmuseum is now trying to raise the other €80m necessary to buy the works and ‘there is a good chance the deal will go ahead’, Bussemaker said. If we don’t buy …

Dutch government to put €80m into buying two Rembrandts
9 years, 5 months ago

Dutch government to put €80m into buying two Rembrandts

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has agreed to put €80m towards the Rijksmuseum’s plans to buy two Rembrandt portraits for €160m, culture minister Jet Bussemaker told Nos radio on Monday. The Rijksmuseum is now trying to raise the other €80m necessary to buy the works and ‘there is a good chance the deal will go ahead’, Bussemaker said. If we don’t buy …

Dutch gov't kicks in €80 million to buy two Rembrandts for Rijksmuseum
9 years, 5 months ago

Dutch gov't kicks in €80 million to buy two Rembrandts for Rijksmuseum

NL Times  

The government has given the Rijksmuseum 80 million euros to help buy two famous Rembrandt portraits. The Rijksmuseum has secretly negotiated the purchase of these paintings - full length portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, also called the "brother and sister of the Night Watch", painted in 1634 - over the past few weeks. In August Wim Pijbes, director …

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