Auction 72 - Rare and Important Items

Portrait of a Rabbi with a Fur Coat – Follower of Rembrandt

Opening: $30,000
Estimate: $50,000 - $80,000
Unsold
Portrait of a rabbi with a fur coat. Unknown artist, follower of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. [The Netherlands, second half of the 17th century / 18th century?].
Oil on panel.
Approx. 34.5X45 cm. In an elegant frame. Cracks in the paint and minor blemishes. Minor blemishes to frame (minor restoration to top).
Enclosed: confirmation by Dutch art historian and curator Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, dated 1922, indicating that this painting is the work of a follower of Rembrandt, strongly inspired by works of the master.
The painting was displayed in the exhibition "Forgery?" (Tel-Aviv Museum, 2016. Curator: Dr. Doron Lurie) as the work of an unknown artist.
Jewish Art
Jewish Art