Swedish Sleeper Alert!

June 18 2021

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Picture: uppsalaauktion.se

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News on Twitter (via. @mweilc) that the above portrait catalogued as 'Circle of Van Dyck' made 5,200,000 SEK (roughly the equivalent of €509,972) over its €4k - €6k estimate at the Uppsala Auktionskammare in Sweden yesterday. Whispers on Twitter suggest that the bold handling is reminiscent of Rubens's brush.

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