Rembrandt portrait

Art expert Jan Six from another auction house, Sotheby's, declined to put a new value on the painting. William Noortman from Noortman Master Paintings, specializing in Dutch and Flemish masters, said it's worth $30 million to $40 million Experts have confirmed "Rembrandt Laughing" — bought for a bargain price of $4.5 It has an incredible presence," said Ernst van de Wetering, head of the Rembrandt Research Project and an authority on the Dutch master. "The light has the most natural quality of light you can think of. direction of the brush strokes match another monogram known to be Rembrandt's. It is unclear where the painting had been before 1800, when a Flemish engraver made a reproductive The thin copper plate on which the piece is painted matches in size and type with others used in ot