Until now, unknown in the circle of art historians, two portraits by Rembrandt were discovered in a private collection of a British family, reports the Financial Times and shares a photo.

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Conducting a routine appraisal, experts at Christie's auction house stumbled upon paintings by a 17th-century Dutch master whose work fetches millions in auctions..

" It was he who came across the portraits of elderly spouses from Leiden, dated 1635..

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The artist depicted a couple on a panel of only 8 inches, which is about 20 cm. Now, once discovered, the works will be put up for sale in the showrooms of Christie's in London on July 6, with an estimated cost of ?5-8million per pair..

Descendants of the family, whose identity is not revealed by Christie's, bought a pair of small oil paintings in 1824 at Christie's auction.. Painted just as Rembrandt was gaining a reputation as a sought-after artist, the portraits depict Jan Willems van der Pluym and his wife Japgen Karels, a couple who are related by family history to the artist.. Van der Pluym, who made his fortune in plumbing, was a prominent figure in Leiden. Their son Dominic married Rembrandt's uncle's daughter. In the year the portraits were painted, the participants bought a garden next to the garden of Rembrandt's mother..

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