Fine Arts

Rembrandt sells for €12.8 million at auction

Adoration Of The Kings is one of only a few times that a narrative painting by the Dutch artist has been sold in recent decades

  • December 7, 2023
The 1628 work – which depicts the three Kings visiting Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem – sold for £10,965,300 including buyer’s premium

A work by Rembrandt Van Rijn has sold for around £11 million (€12.8 million) at a London auction.

Adoration Of The Kings is one of only a few times that a narrative painting by the Dutch artist has been sold in recent decades, according to Sotheby’s.

The auction house said the 1628 work – which depicts the three Kings visiting Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem – sold for £10,965,300 including buyer’s premium.

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