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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 69
07.12.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1071782
Lot 69 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger Plate

etching with drypoint

1659

on laid paper, watermark Arms of Amsterdam (Hinterding B.a.a.)

a very fine, strong impression of this rare print

second state (of three)

with considerable burr on Antiope's legs, upper body, bed sheet and elsewhere

with a light plate tone, vertical wiping marks and inky plate edges

with narrow margins

some scattered foxing

in good condition

Plate 138 x 205 mm.

Sheet 140 x 207 mm.





Provenance

Francis Abbott (1801-1893), Edinburgh (Lugt 970b); his posthumous sale, Dowell, Edinburgh, 22-26 January 1894, lot 400 ('first state, very scarce.').

Samuel Solomonovitsch Scheikevitch (1842-1908), Moscow and Paris (Lugt 2367); his sale, Danlos, Paris, 24-28 May 1910, lot 808 ('Superbe épreuve, fort chargée de barbes, du Ier état: avant les inscriptions et le vers') (Fr. 790; this impression cited in Lugt).

Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (without mark, see Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 274 ('...very fine, early impression, with burr and inky plate edges...') (£ 8,500; to Boerner).

With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.

Leslie E. Lancy (1911-1996), Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (Lugt 4796).

With David Tunick, New York (with his code DTMI in pencil verso).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1978; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 203; Hind 302; New Hollstein 311 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 87
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