Smallest Rembrandt portraits shown in Amsterdam museum


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The Rembrandt paintings - signed and dated 1635 - are 20cm high oval portraits, which depict an elderly plumber named Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and his wife Jaapgen Carels. Photo: Christie's

Two tiny portraits by Rembrandt that had been lost to the world for 200 years and sold recently at auction for US$14mil (RM65.8mil) made their debut Wednesday at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.

The 20cm high (eight-inch) oval portraits depict an elderly plumber named Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and his wife Jaapgen Carels.

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