ID 1071790
Lot 15 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Abraham's Sacrifice
counterproof (of the etching and drypoint)
1655
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine example
printing with remarkable clarity, strong contrasts and depth
with touches of burr on Abraham's robe, to the right of the logs and elsewhere
a thread margin above, trimmed to or just inside the platemark elsewhere
in very good condition
Sheet 156 x 133 mm.
Provenance
Captain Alfred Walter Francis Fuller (1882-1961), London (without mark and not in Lugt); presumably by descent to his wife, Mrs Estelle W. Fuller (d. 1981).
Mrs I. Teed; probably by descent from the above; her sale, Sotheby's, London 13 July 1972, lot 91.
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 35; Hind 283; New Hollstein 287 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 7
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 |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
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