ID 1071772
Lot 63 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
The large Lion Hunt
etching and drypoint
1641
on laid paper, watermark Arms of Amsterdam (Hinterding F.a.b) with countermark IFD' (Hinterding A.a.)
a fine impression of this large uncommon print
second, final state
with touches of burr on the fallen hunter at right, the rider wielding the sword al left and elsewhere
with pronounced horizontal wiping marks, a smoky plate tone and inky plate edges
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 225 x 298 mm.
Sheet 231 x 304 mm.
Provenance
Alcide Donnadieu (circa 1791-1861), London and Paris (Lugt 107 and 726).
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 235 ('...a fine impression printed with surface tone...') (£ 3,300; to Oscar).
Sam Josefowitz; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 114; Hind 181; New Hollstein 187 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 288
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
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