US EditionLong-Lost Rubens Painting Depicting Crucifixion Sells for $2.7M
The rediscovered 1613 Rubens painting sold for €2.3 million at Osenat auction after scientific authentication confirmed its unique depiction of Christ's crucifixion.
- On Sunday, the Osenat auction house sold Peter Paul Rubens's Christ on the Cross for €2.3 million at the Versailles/Fontainebleau sale.
- During a September 2024 inventory, auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat uncovered the panel painted in 1613 that vanished from public view for more than four centuries in a private Paris mansion.
- Experts including Nils Büttner and the Rubenianum authenticated the panel after X-ray imaging, pigment analysis, and microscopic examination revealed pigments and panel preparation typical of Rubens's workshop.
- Previously valued at about 10,000 euros, the panel's market standing soared to a multi-million euro auction price after temporary display at the Church of Saint Roch, with the unnamed new owner.
- Osenat said, 'I did everything I could to try and have it authenticated,' after months of debate by Rubenianum and European art experts.
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Long-lost ‘Masterpiece’ Sells For Nearly €3m
What’s more thrilling than discovering buried treasure? Finding a forgotten Rubens masterpiece sitting quietly in a Paris mansion. That’s exactly what happened when auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat stumbled upon a 1613 painting of Christ on the cross. It was a work he later called “a masterpiece” created when Rubens was “at the height of his talent.”Expected to fetch up to two million euros, the painting blew past estimates, selling for a stunning …
Lost 'Masterpiece' Painting Found In A Paris Townhouse After 400+ Years Sold For $2.7M At Auction
Peter Paul Rubens' lost masterpiece painting Christ on the Cross A masterpiece from Peter Paul Rubens that was believed to have been missing for 400 years turned up and has since sold at auction for millions of dollars. The Christ on the Cross painting was rediscovered inside a Parisian townhouse after it disappeared back in 1613. For as long as anyone can trace back, it was believed the painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was the produ…
A lost thought painting by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens from the 17th century was auctioned in France. With the surcharge of 2.94 million euros, the estimated price of one to two million euros was far exceeded.
Rubens masterpiece, long misidentified as work of lesser artist, sells for $2.7 million
A painting by Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens that had been out of the public eye for centuries has sold for 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction in Paris.
Last year, Christ on the cross was discovered by chance in a Paris mansion and, after scientific examination, attributed to the...
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