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Show . Found, a Iiombrandt. The supposed .discovery of a Rembrandt Rem-brandt representing Abrahamand the two angels has made a stir in artistic circles. The picture was included in the sale of the furniture of a widow without heirs ordered by the state, and the state expert fixed tho upset price at 200 francs. A Paris picture dealer, who had had a hint from the deceased's doctor, bid up to 4,000 francs, and the picture was knocked down to him. The state expert had described de-scribed the subject as Jesus and the dis- cipies at r.mmaus, a strange oiunuer, considering that the chief figure was an elderly man with a long white beard. The story does not end here. The authorities, au-thorities, after all, are not agreed, some insisting that the work is a Kembrandt, others, arguing that the signature and date, 1658, are a forgery. I asked a connoisseur con-noisseur on Monday what the picture was worth. "That depends on circumstances," circum-stances," he replied; "if it is by Rembrandt Rem-brandt 800,000 francs, if by one of his pupils 150,000 francs, for anyhow it is a fine old, picture." It seems odd that, the .vrtistio merit being the same, the value should be only half in one case what it would be in the other. Cor. London Times. - |