ID 1071774
Lot 23 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
The Agony in the Garden
etching and drypoint
circa 1652
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of the first state (of three)
printing with strong contrasts and considerable burr, inky plate edges at upper left
with narrow margins
in very good condition
Plate 112 x 83 mm.
Sheet 114 x 86 mm.
Provenance
Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent (see Lugt 176); by inheritance to his brother Alfred Seymour (1824-1888), London and Trent (Lugt 176); his sale, Christie's, London, 4 April 1878, lot 50 (£ 3.13.6; bought back by the family).
Jane Margaret Seymour (1873-1943), Knoyle, Wiltshire (see Lugt 176); her sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1927, lot 95 (£ 31; to Craddock & Barnard).
With Craddock & Barnard, London.
Norman Walker (b. 1871), West Tanfield, Yorkshire, and Leeds (Lugt 1989b).
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (without mark, see Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lot 78 (£ 1,600; to Laube for Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 75; Hind 293; New Hollstein 269 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 274
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint |
Art style: | Old Masters |
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