REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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Lot 12 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Sheet of Studies with the Head of the Artist, a Beggar Man, Woman and Child

etching and engraving

1651

on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with five-pointed Collar (Hinterding K.e.a.)

a very fine, strong and clear impression of this very rare portrait

printing with a light, even plate tone, the plate impurities showing strongly

trimmed on or just inside the platemark

in good condition

Sheet 110 x 91 mm.





Provenance

Johann Carl Dietrich Hebich (1818-1891), Hamburg (Lugt 1250); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 15 November 1880 (and following days), lot 403 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck, äusserst selten') (Mk. 225; to Sträter).

Dr August Sträter (1810-1897), Aachen, Germany (without mark, see Lugt 787).

With The Fine Arts Society, London or Edinburgh (according to Nowell-Usticke's catalogue).

Captain Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke (1894-1978), Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 31 October - 1 November 1967, lot 40 ($ 1,000).

Eric Kaufman, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).

Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1981, lot 880 ($18,700; to Josefowitz).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 370; Hind 230; New Hollstein 261 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 144



Exhibited

The Grolier Club, New York, Catalogue of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club of the City of New York, New York, April-May 1900, cat. no. 186.
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