The painting depicts a young Jesus with his head inclined upward and hands clasped. Described by the auction house as a “touching portrayal of Christ,” it hung in Rembrandt’s home in ...

His paintings and etchings such as Belshazzar’s Feast and The Raising of Lazarus embraced dramatic scenes with deep, rich color, dark shadows, and divine light. Rembrandt, Christ before Pilate, 1635, ...

A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago is now expected to fetch up to $18 million at auction after being identified as the work of the Dutch master Rembrandt.

We also were able to acquire on loan from the National Gallery, London, the Ecce Homo, 1634 which served as the source for Rembrandt’s print Christ before Pilate, 1635, shown side by side.

There Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, director of the Detroit Institute of Arts and top U. S. authority on Dutch painting, promptly identified it as a Rembrandt, a study for the head of Christ in The ...