Rembrandt's Portrait of an Old Man, or The Old Rabbi, was identified by Woburn Abbey curator Chris Gravett. Photograph: Graham Turner
Left high on a library wall for more than half a century, the portrait of a rheumy-eyed old man initially seemed no different from the misattributed old masters hanging beside it.
But after more than half a century of being overlooked, it has been authenticated as a genuine and outstanding work by Rembrandt.
And the identification – by the world’s leading expert on the 17th century Dutch master – will make a multimillion pound difference to its price tag.
The painting, known as The Old Rabbi, has rarely been seen by the public since it was last exhibited in 1950. Since then it has hung in the private apartments of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, family home of the dukes of Bedford.
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