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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeanny, post: 1830642, member: 12849&quot;][ATTACH=full]241560[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]241561[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hello all</p><p>I obtained the above painting from a family member, who was not interested in this beautiful portrait.</p><p>The painting was assessed in Maastricht in February 2019 by an art historian, who is affiliated with a well-known Dutch Art program.</p><p>It would be a forgery of one of Rembrandt&#039;s famous portrait paintings, according to the art historian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241553[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]241555[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially, one could be misled by the signature of this portrait.</p><p>However,...</p><p>I suspect that it is not the signature of the famous artist/sculptor August Rodin,</p><p>but that the name referred to the person who was painted.</p><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>After some research on the internet, I still came across the following.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241559[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The signature likeness is stunning.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]241562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This painting was sold by Catawiki in 2017 for € 550.</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I found another portret by the same painter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241564[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now there would be one A. Rodin, born 2-1-1920 in Velzen,</p><p>who studied at the Free academy &#039;t Gooi in Bussum with, among others, Prof. dr. van der Wal.</p><p><br /></p><p>During a group exhibition of this Free Academy which took place in Hilversum from 1953 to 1955, this portrait painting of this A. Rodin won 1st prize in 1954.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there another A. Rodin ???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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