Monday 16 February 2015

Rubens


At Deutsch Auktion in Vienna, they sell (as lot 14) a painting attributed to Rubens. While it undeniably has quality,  it is too simple, too tame, to be a Rubens. It's a nice portrait by an unknown and probably hard to identify late 17th century Flemish painter, worth more than the $50 it stands for at the moment (with 3 bids so far). The painting is described as "Portrait of a bearded man in front of dark background", it seems rather clear that it is some monk, but beyond that not much can be said. Worth a few 1,000 Euro, but not the prices a real Rubens would fetch.

UPDATE: sold for 3,900 Euro, as expected.

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