Rijksmuseum cannot afford Rembrandt
The Rijksmuseum has decided to give up its efforts to buy a painting by Rembrandt from the Douglas-Pennant family in Wales, says Wednesday’s Volkskrant.
The museum has scraped together €34m for the Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1657) but the owners want ‘many millions more’ according to the museum’s Peter Sigmond.
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