ID 1071784
Lot 38 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
The Omval
etching and drypoint
1645
on laid paper, watermark Double-headed Eagle (Hinterding C.b.a)
a brilliant, early impression of the exceedingly rare first state (of three)
one of only three known impressions of this state
with rich accents of burr in the tree and lower left foreground, and remarkable clarity and depth
printing with a light plate tone, the sulphur tint in the blank sky very pronounced
with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark
in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 186 x 227 mm.
Provenance
With Alfred Strölin Sr. (1871-1954), Paris and Lausanne (without mark and not in Lugt); then by descent to his son Alfred Strölin Jr. (1912-1974) Paris (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 8 June 1961, lot 82 (cited in Hollstein).
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 9 June 1978, lot 205 (CHF 37,500; to Laube for Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale in 1978; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 209 (this impression cited); Hind 210; New Hollstein 221 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 89
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 |
Address of auction |
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