ID 1071779
Lot 52 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
etching with engraving and drypoint, a maculature
1656
on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with seven-pointed Collar and Initials ID (Hinterding AA.b.)
a very good and rare example of a maculature of the first state (of five)
printing very clearly, with remains of burr, revealing the intricate line work on the plate
with small margins on three sides, a wider margin below
in very good condition
Plate 198 x 148 mm.
Sheet 212 x 155 mm.
Provenance
Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (d. 1859), Berlin (Lugt 2434); sold en-bloc with his Rembrandt's collection by his widow to the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin in 1861.
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1633), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 2482); acquired from the above; their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 November 1935, lot 141 ('Äußerst seltener erster Zustand, vor dem Fenster und vor der Bezeichnung. Auf Schellenkappenpapier, mit 2-10 mm breitem Rand. Sammlung: Thiermann. Einer von den wenigen Versuchsdrucken, bei denen die grätige Wirkung noch nicht erstrebt wurde. Von Rovinski erwähntes Exemplar.') (Mk. 6,200; to Shapiro for Freund).
Julius Freund (1869-1941), Berlin, England and Buenos Aires (Lugt 1454c); sold after his death (presumably by his wife) to Lieberg in Buenos Aires in 1941.
Dr Friedrich Andreas Lieberg (1898 - after 1965), Kassel, Milan, Buenos Aires (Lugt 1681ter); his posthumous sale, 140 Radierungen von Rembrandt der Jahre 1629 bis 1665, Kornfeld, Bern, 21 June 1979, lot 102 (CHF 19,000; to Laube for Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz, acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 276; Hind 290; New Hollstein 293 (this impression cited, erroneously as counterproof)
Stogdon 119
D. A. Rovinskii, L'Oeuvre Gravé de Rembrandt. Reproduction des Planches Originales dans tous leurs États successifs. 1000 Phototypies sans Retouches, 1890, St. Petersburg, no. 276, p. 138.
Exhibited
Les Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Cabinet des Éstampes. Geneva, États & Achèvement dans la Gravure du XVI au XX Siècle, 1986.
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 |
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