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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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07.12.2023 19:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1071768
Lot 51 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

etching with engraving and drypoint

1656

on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with seven-pointed Collar (Hinterding A.b)

a superb and very atmospheric impression of this important portrait

first state (of five)

printing with exceptional chiaroscuro effects, with rich velvety burr throughout

with a subtle, warm plate tone and small, selectively wiped highlights on the collar and elsewhere

with wide margins

in very good condition

Plate 228 x 176 mm.

Sheet 249 x 198 mm.





Provenance

Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London (Lugt 1375); his sale, H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 12-14 May 1910, lot 693 ('Abdruck von unübertrefflicher Schönheit und Frische des 1. Zustandes auf Schellenkappepapier, tadellos erhalten und mit breitem Rand. Eins der schönsten bekannten Exemplare und in diesem frühen Zustand von allergrösster Seltenheit.') (Mk. 28,000; to Colnaghi; this impression cited in Lugt).

With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (without their stocknumber).

Albert William Scholle (1860-1917), San Francisco & New York (Lugt 2923a).

Charles C. Cunningham Jr. (b. 1934), Boston (Lugt 4684).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1980 (through Robert M. Light); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 276; Hind 290; New Hollstein 293 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 118



Exhibited

Les Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Cabinet des Éstampes. Geneva, États & Achèvement dans la Gravure du XVI au XX Siècle, 1986.
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