rembrandt-paintings-price

LONDON (N Y Times).- A Rembrandt painting unseen
in public for nearly 40 years sold for a record 20.2 million pounds ($33.2
million) at auction in London on Tuesday, the highest ever paid at auction for
the 17th century artist. Christie’s said that “Portrait of a man,
half-length, with his arms akimbo”, painted in 1658, fetched the 4th
highest-price paid at auction for any old masters painting. It was bought by an
anonymous client bidding via telephone, Christie’s said. The top price
at auction for any old master picture is 49.5 million pounds ($77 million) for
“The Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens set at Sotheby’s in London
in 2002.