Art Market
The highest price recorded for a Breitner painting at a public auction was the €$582,450 paid by Robert Noortman at Christie's, Amsterdam, in October 2003 for Girl in a Red Kimono. The model for the painting was Geesje Kwak (see Dutch Wikipedia article), the subject of a series of seven paintings and studies by Breitner of a girl dressed in a red or white kimono lying on a bed or standing before a mirror. The painting is considered a high point of Dutch Japonisme.
In April 2005, Rokin with the Nieuwezijdskapel, Amsterdam realised €415,200 at Christie's, Amsterdam.
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