ID 1071819
Los 5 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Schätzwert
£ 4 000 – 6 000
The Artist's Mother: Head only, full Face
etching
1628
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good impression of this scarce early portrait
second, final state
printing strongly and with good contrasts
just beginning to show some wear in the fine, densely worked areas around her face (as is common)
with margins
in very good condition
Plate 64 x 65 mm.
Sheet 75 x 75 mm.
Provenance
Baron J.G. Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845), The Hague and Soelen (according to Clément, without mark, see Lugt 2490); presumably his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 26 October 1847 (and following days), lot 790 or 791 ('Tête de la mère de Rembrandt') (Fr. 20; to Guichardot).
With Guichardot, Paris.
Ferdinand Lambert Joseph van den Zande (1780-1853), Paris (without mark, see Lugt 2680).
Émile Galichon (1829-1875), Paris (Lugt 856); his sale, Clément, Paris, 10-14 May 1875, lot 578 ('superbe épreuve avec marge. Collections Verstolk de Soelen et Vanden Zande') (Fr 130; to Kramm).
Christiaan Kramm (1797- 1875), Utrecht (without mark, see Lugt 581 and 585).
Alexander John Godby (1853-1934), Baltimore (Lugt 1119b); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 January 1935, lot 250 (£ 7; to Craddock & Barnard).
With Craddock & Barnard, London.
Norman Walker (b. 1871), West Tanfield, Yorkshire, and Leeds (Lugt 1989b).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stocknumber a49878 in pencil verso).
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (without mark, see Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 223 (£ 950; to Oscar).
Sam Josefowitz; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 352; Hind 2; New Hollstein 6 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 344
| Künstler: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Kunst Stil: | Alte Meister |
| Genre: | Porträt |
| Künstler: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Kunst Stil: | Alte Meister |
| Genre: | Porträt |
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