The 17th century Portrait of a Girl was found with a label on the back of the frame noting that it was loaned to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for an exhibition in 1970
Portrait of a Girl, by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, which was sold at auction for $1.4-million on Aug. 24 by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.
“On house calls, we often go in blind, not knowing what we’ll find,” he said in a statement. “The home was filled with wonderful pieces but it was in the attic, among stacks of art, that we found this remarkable portrait.”
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