ID 1071760
Lot 54 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Lieven Willemsz. van Coppenol, Writing Master: the larger Plate
etching, engraving and drypoint
circa 1658
on firm laid paper, watermark Name of Jesus (Hinterding C.a.b.)
a very fine, rich and dark impression of this very large print
seventh state (of nine)
printing with great clarity, intense contrasts and much inky relief
with a faint inscription in brown ink on the blank sheet held by the sitter
with wide margins
in very good condition
Plate 343 x 290 mm.
Sheet 397 x 333 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, initial F or H in brown ink verso (not in Lugt).
With Frederick Keppel & Co., New York (his code LV CN in pencil verso).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber A78863 in pencil verso).
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 9 June 1978, lot 211 (CHF 26,400).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 283; Hind 300; New Hollstein 306 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 129
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Address of auction |
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