"Rembrandt Laughing" was a genuine self-portrait

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Sold in October 2007, the British auction house Moore, Allen and Innocent little picture with the provisional name "Rembrandt Laughing" was a genuine self-portrait of a great artist. Authentication confirmed by several leading experts, including from Noortman Master Paintings and the Rembrandt Research Project, reports agency Associated Press.

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"Rembrandt Laughing" came from a private British collections, in which he was more than a hundred years. Owners believed that the work belonged to a pupil or follower of the brush artist. At the auction house Moore, Allen and Innocent portrait exhibited in 3100 dollars, but after a short time after the start of the auction picture is beginning to appreciate rapidly, and eventually went under the hammer for 4.5 million dollars. The work became an unnamed Briton, send it to the auction for restoration. Until June 29, 2008 Work exhibited at Amsterdam's Museum, Rembrandt House.

After the identification of "Rembrandt Laughing" can again be put up for auction. Now its value, according to Noortman Master Paintings, is estimated at 30-40 million dollars.

Self fairly confidently dated to 1628, when the artist has just exceeded 20. During this time he still lived in his native Leiden. The work is written on a copper plate. On the back is visible monogram RHL (Rembrandt Harmenszoon Leiden), written in a style which the artist used a very short time. The catalog Moore, Allen and Innocent description of the monogram was wrong: the compilers mentioned only the initials HL. At the hand of Rembrandt also indicate the nature of the stroke, the choice of material, light and color.