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# On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt went under the hammer at Thomaston Place
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/24-avgusta-na-auktsione-thomaston-place-byla-vystavlena-kartina-v-stile-rembrandta/
- Published: 2024-09-05T19:03:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:45.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Art, Heritage

On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt was offered at the Thomaston Place auction. From an opening bid of a mere 10 thousand dollars, bidding on the lot closed at 1.4 million. Kaja Veilleux, founder of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, admitted that the painting had been found in the attic of a private house in Camden, Maine, during a routine appraisal of the premises for antiques.

Besides the outward resemblance, the grounds for a positive attribution of the painting to Rembrandt were a label on the reverse. It states that in 1970 the painting was borrowed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The owner named is Cary Bok, grandson of Cyrus Curtis, the media magnate and founder of the Curtis Publishing Company. Such a man could quite well afford an authentic Rembrandt. Indeed, the label, beneath the title "Portrait of a Girl", names Rembrandt as the author.

Of course, the painting faces further thorough analysis, and should the attribution prove positive, the sale price may be considered modest

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