AFTER OLD SCHOLAR IN A VAULTED CHAMBER (ST ANASTASIUS) BY REMBRANDT

Signature: signed and dated lower right Medium: oil on canvas; (unframed) Size: 8 x 6in. (20.32 x 15.88cm) Condition: There are flecks of paint loss upper right, lower centre and a 1 x 1cm region of loss lower right. The stretcher currently lacks keys and the work could benefit from retensioning. Otherwise very good condition. Provenance: Note from the present owner:Gifted by my late partner's mother, Lilian Bernstone who died in her 101st year in 2013 and was a long time resident of Uddevalla, Sweden. She inherited the picture from her father, Josef Bernstone (1865-1958) who was a dentist, amateur artist and collector also resident in Uddevalla. He had three daughters all of whom were artists, the most well known being Lisa Fonnsegraves-Penn. Note from the present owner:Gifted by my late partner's mother, Lilian Bernstone who died in her 101st year in 2013 and was a long time resident of Uddevalla, Sweden. She inherited the picture from her father, Josef Bernstone (1865-1958) who was a dentist, amateur artist and collector also resident in Uddevalla. He had three daughters all of whom were artists, the most well known being Lisa Fonnsegraves-Penn. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Eva-Lena Bengtsson Former Head of Collections, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm also an email from Professor Tomas Bjrk retired from Stockholm University and an authority on Kronberg.

Estimate:£1,022.68

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