The lion’s 17th -century drawing by Rembrand can be the most expensive work on paper sold at auction. Art newspaperFor, for, for,. Enced for the protection of large cats properly with the ears.
American collector and precious metals Mogol Thomas Kaplan-Those who have collected the largest private reservoir in Rambrands. The young lion is resting (1638–42) Some time next year. It has indicated the price of millions of people in the “tens of tens”. It put it on the current record of the work on paper: a Rafael that sold for $ 48 million in Sutbi in 2012.
(However, it may be thought of reaching this mark. Rembrand’s record was set in 2009, when painting Portrait of a man with arms Akbo (1658) .2 was sold in 33.2 million.)
Kapilin says the sale will help the Wildlife Conservation Group, the fund fund, which he laid to protect lions, ice leopards, jaguars and so on. “The protection of the wildlife is the spirit that I have, which overtakes Rembrand,” he said. Art newspaper.
This is a rare example of hinding to the cost of personal gain without a collection, unless you may not consider that the cost of 17 Rembrand Paintings – which is half of all the private hands.
The drawing is now to see Amsterdam’s Heart Museum (former Hermitage Amsterdam, Pre -Ukraine attack), a part of it From Rembrand to Vermers: Masterpiece from Laden CollectionKapilin’s Dutch Golden Edge Gemorous Private Stash. The show continues until August 24, before going to Florida in the fall.
As far as the lion itself is concerned, it was probably drawn from life life – when Rembrand was in the 30s. Kapilin has called him “more than most internal life for a cat, which most artists give to humans.” The same cat may appear in two other drawings organized by the British Museum.
