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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 55
07.12.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1071786
Lot 55 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Old Woman seated in a Cottage with a String of Onions on the Wall

etching

circa 1629

on laid paper, without watermark

a fine, strong impression of this exceedingly rare, early print

one of only two known impressions of the first state (of three)

before the monogram and date were added by another hand

printing with a rich and varied plate tone and much inky relief

trimmed on or just inside the platemark at the sides, fractionally inside the subject above and below

a printer's crease at lower left

generally in good condition

Sheet 115 x 84 mm.





Provenance

Presumably Six Collection (without mark, see Lugt 1539a); probably Willem Six (1662-1733), Amsterdam, nephew of Rembrandt's patron Jan Six (1618-1700); presumably sold posthumously as part of his entire print collection in one lot, in 1734.

Presumably Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Dordrecht and Amsterdam (without mark and not in Lugt); acquired as part of the collection at the above sale.

With Arthur Pond (circa 1705-1758), London (without mark, see Lugt 2038); presumably acquired from the above.

Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk (Lugt 2775, recto); probably acquired from the above; presumably his sale, Langford, London, 27 March 1760 (and following days), 4th day, lot 74 ('Seven by ditto [Rembrandt], the onion woman, the blind fidler, & C.') or 14th day, lot 73 ('Eight by ditto [Rembrandt], the onion woman, Lazarus's cap, and other beggars').

Daniel Daulby (1745⁄1746-1798), Liverpool and Rydal Mount (without mark, possibly with a number 133 in brown ink recto, see Lugt 738); his sale, T. Vernon, Liverpool, 19 August 1799, all the Rembrandt prints individually catalogued but sold in one lot (£ 610; to Vernon, Colnaghi and William Ford of Manchester - the latter sold his share to John Mason); their sale, Christie's, London, 14-17 May 1800, lot 164 ('FIRST IMP. ALMOST UNIQUE, before the name of Rembrandt') (£ 4.16; to Rudge).

Edward Rudge (1763-1846), Abbey Manor, Evesham, Worchestershire, and London (without mark as is common, see Lugt 900); then by descent to his great-grandson John Edward Rudge (1903-1970); his sale, Christie's, London 16-17 December 1924, lot 158 (with another impression of the same and a drawn copy, and another print) (£ 9.9; to Colnaghi).

With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber C. 13223 in pencil verso).

Private Collection, New York (Probably L. E. Havemeyer); exhibited and for sale at Kennedy & Co., New York, January 1929, no. 70 ('From the J. E. Rudge, and Astley Collections').

Eldridge Reeves Johnson (1867-1945), Wilmington, Delaware & Philadelphia (with his name inscribed in pencil and number 'Pd 1800.00' verso, not in Lugt); his posthumous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Part VI, 29 October 1946, lot 69 ('A dark impression. Printing crease. Of the greatest rarity. Probably only two impressions of this state exist ... From the Sir Edwin [sic] Astley and Rudge collections.') ($ 130; to Kleemann).

With Kleemann Galleries, New York.

With Mayfair Kunst A.G. (Ira Gale), Zug (with his code 1525/RR, and possibly inscription VHML in pencil verso).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1971; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 134; Hind 76; New Hollstein 26 (this impression cited)

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