The oval\u002Dshaped oil portraits, signed and dated by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1635, depict a wealthy elderly couple in Leiden, Netherlands.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.“The family liked the pictures but were never certain that they were by Rembrandt and never really looked into that,” Pettifer said. “They have been quietly sitting in this collection, effectively hidden away from any attention at all.”
The paintings are relatively small in scale – less than 8 inches tall and 6 1/2 inches wide, which makes them among the smallest of Rembrandt’s known portraits. “They’re unlike some of his grand, formal commissioned portraits, and they are something much more spontaneous and intimate. I think the reason for that is that the sitters were very closely connected to Rembrandt,” Pettifer said.
The paintings depict husband Jans Willemsz van der Pluym and wife Jaapgen Carels , whose son married a Rembrandt cousin. The two families were also neighbors, according to Christie’s. In the same year that they sat for Rembrandt, the couple acquired a garden next to that of the artist’s mother in Leiden.
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