This is “The Adoration of the Kings”, made approximately 1628, a complex monochromatic panel painting that has been the subject of research for eight months.
A recently rediscovered painting by the Dutchman Rembrandt van Rijn It sold for almost 14 million dollars and became the star of the auction dedicated to “Old Masters” from Sotheby’s house in London.
Is about “The Adoration of the Kings”made approximately 1628, a complex painting on a monochromatic panel that has been the subject of research for eight months, a work of great importance in the beginning of Rembrandt’s career, the auctioneer reported in a statement
The sale of lot number 11, which took place last night, was settled for exactly $13,852,463, as part of Sotheby’s Old Masters auction in London, which also included records for artists Francesco Renaldi, William Cornelisz Duyster and the flamenco artist Ambrosius Francken the Elder.
The night sale of Old Master and 19th-century paintings at Sotheby’s earned a total of $24.5 million, the auction house detailed.
Of the sale of the Dutch master, they said: “The bulk of Rembrandt’s paintings are exhibited in museums around the world, and almost all of the important paintings by Rembrandt that have been sold at auction in the last three decades have been portraits or studies of heads of individual characters. This is one of the few occasions in recent decades that a ‘narrative’ painting by Rembrandt has been sold at auction.”
As part of the auctions dedicated to “Masters” that will continue in 2024, Sothebys recalled that another long-awaited piece will go on sale in February: the full-length portrait of Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spainmade by the Spanish Diego Velazquezand which is expected to reach 35 million dollars.
Source: Ambito
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