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  • REMBRANDT MASTERPIECE AT CHRISTIE’S IN JULY

    Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) – A Bust of a Man in a Gorget and Cap. UPDATE: IT MADE £8,441,250

    Rembrandt’s masterpiece A Bust of a Man in a Gorget and Cap will be offered at Christie’s in London in July.  The work, from the The Pieter & Olga Dreesmann Collection of Dutch Old Master Paintings, is estimated at £8-12 million.  It is coming to auction for the first time in almost 40 years.  No less than 15 works from the Dreesmann Collection are estimated to realise more than £19  million.  It is the most important single owner collection of 17th Century Dutch Masters of the ‘Golden Age to come to market in latter years.  There are outstanding works by  Willem Van de Velde , Coorte and Van der Ast.

    A Bust of a Man in a Gorget and Cap, dated to 1626/27, measures just over 15 x 11 inches. But it captivates the viewer with an intensity that far exceeds its neat dimensions. The work presents a masterful treatment of light to create drama, achieved in part by Rembrandt’s use of chiaroscuro, pointing to the influence of Caravaggio, to whom he is clearly indebted in terms of style in this work.  It was shown at the Rembrandt/Caravaggio exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, in 2006. The Dreesmann family name is synonymous with connoisseurship, passion and philanthropy. Pieter and Olga Dreesmann are active art collectors with interests that span from Antiquity to the 21st Century.  The painting comes up at Christie’s Old Master & British Paintings auction on July 3.

    UPDATE:  Christie’s summer auctions of Old Master & British Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours in London on 3 and 4 July realised a combined total of £93,663,150.

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