REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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Los 9 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Arnout Tholinx, Inspector
etching and engraving with drypoint
circa 1656
on laid paper, without watermark
a superb, atmospheric impression of this extremely rare and highly important portrait
one of only four known examples of the first state (of two)
suffused with rich, velvety burr throughout
printing with fine vertical wiping marks, inky plate edges and a subtle, carefully modulated plate tone
with narrow margins
in very good condition
Plate 198 x 148 mm.
Sheet 200 x 150 mm.




Provenance

Probably Joseph Browne (d. circa 1791), Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England (not in Lugt); his posthumous sale, Mr. Gerard, London, 23 May 1791 (and following days), 5th day, lot 71 ('Tolling the Advocate, fine and extremely rare') (£ 39.7.6; to 'Phillips').
Probably with Thomas Philipe (circa 1740-1816), London and Edinburgh (without his mark, see Lugt 2451); acquired at the above sale.
Ralph Willett (1719–1795), Merley House, Dorset (not in Lugt); presumably acquired from the above; then by descent; his posthumous sale, London, Thomas Philipe, 7 April 1813, lot 453 ('THE ADVOCATE VAN TOL, MOST BRILLIANT, WITH THE BURR, AND EXTREMELY RARE') (£ 52; to Rudge).
Edward Rudge (1763-1846), Abbey Manor, Evesham, Worcestershire, and London (see Lugt 900; without mark, as is common); then by descent to his great-grandson John Edward Rudge (1903-1970); his sale, Christie's, London 16-17 December 1924, lot 277 (£ 3,780; to Colnaghi, probably for Whittemore or his agent Harlow & Co.) (this sale mentioned by Frits Lugt, who was the underbidder: 'le Portrait de Tholinx en 1r état, fit un prix sensationnel : £ 3780, on en connaît seulement deux autres épreuves, une au British Museum et une au Louvre (coll. de Rothschild). Cette pièce fut vendue ensuite en Amérique, mais revint récemment dans une collection européenne'.)
With Arthur H. Harlow & Co., New York.
Harris Whittemore (1864-1927), Naugatuck, Conn. (Lugt 1384a); acquired from the above on 20 February 1925; then by descent to his family estate, J. H. Whittemore Company, on 20 November 1926 (cited in Lugt).
Richard H. Zinser (circa 1883-1983), Forest Hills, New York (Lugt 5581; with his pencil inscriptions on the support sheet); probably acquired from the above through M. A. McDonald; then by descent to his daughter Suzanne A. Rosenborg.
With N. G. Stogdon, Middle Chinnock, Somerset; on consignment from the above.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired from the above in 1999; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 284 (this impression cited); Hind 289; New Hollstein 294 (this impression cited; erroneously also citing another impression of the second state)
Stogdon 130

SELECTED LITERATURE:
C.S. Ackley et al., Rembrandt's Journey - Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh.cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004, pp. 300-301 (another impression illustrated).
S.S. Dickey, Rembrandt - Portraits in Print, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 132, pp. 141-142 (another impression illustrated).
E. Hinterding, G. Luijten, M. Royalton-Kisch, Rembrandt the Printmaker, exh. cat., British Museum, London, 2000, p. 17 & no. 82, pp. 329-332.
C. J. Holmes, Notes on the Art of Rembrandt, London, 1911, p. 108 & app. no. 289, p. 255.
C. White, Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work, New Haven and London, 1999, second edition, p. 113, pp. 159-161 (another impression illustrated).
T. Wilson, A descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt by an Amateur, 1836, London, no. 286, p. 198-199.



Exhibited

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum Boymans Rotterdam, 1956, Rembrandt Etsen. Tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15. Juli 1606, no. 110.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Cleveland Museum of Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956-1957, Prints 1400 - 1800: a loan exhibition from museums and private collections, no. 171.
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