WARSAW, Poland – Portrait of a Lady by Peter Paul Rubens was sold for PLN 14.4 million ($3.4 million, including auction fee) at a March 17 auction of Old Masters, 19th-Century and Modern Art at DESA Unicum, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold on the Polish market.
Rubens’ Portrait of a Lady to be auctioned in Warsaw, March 17
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th-century masterpiece Portrait of a Lady will be offered to the highest bidder on March 17 at DESA Unicum auction house in Poland. The Flemish master’s oil-on-canvas portrait of a dark-haired woman in a rich black velvet dress has an estimated value of 18 million to 24 million zlotys ($4.5 million-$6 million).