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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 10
07.12.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1071793
Lot 10 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Self-Portrait leaning on a Stone Sill

etching with touches of drypoint

1639

on laid paper, without watermark

a very fine impression of this famous and important self-portrait

second, final state

printing very sharply, with great clarity and contrasts

with thread margins

some pale grey wash at the sheet edges, a few tiny touches of wash elsewhere

in good condition

Plate 206 x 163 mm.

Sheet 208 x 165 mm.





Provenance

Probably Joseph Vallette (d. 1807), The Hague (see Lugt 2478a, with initials I.J.V or J.J.V in pencil verso); his posthumous sale, experts P. van der Schley, J. de Bosch, J. Yver, C. S. Roos and J. de Vries, Amsterdam, 26 October 1807, lot 22 (Fl. 18; to Josi).

Christiaan Josi (1768-1828), Amsterdam and London (without mark, see Lugt 573); his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 18-21 March 1829, lot 44 (' Very Brilliant Impression') (£ 2.2; to Seguier).

William Seguier (1771-1843), London, First Conservator of the Royal & National Galleries (without mark, Lugt 2277), acquired at the above sale; his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 29 April - 3 May 1844, lot 229 (£ 2.12; to Smith).

With W. & G. Smith, London, acquired at the above sale.

Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (Lugt 640); his posthumous sale, 9-14 June 1881, lot 2591 (£ 42; to Thibaudeau).

With Alphonse Wyatt-Thibaudeau (circa 1840 - circa 1892), Paris and London (without mark, see Lugt 2473).

Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 357 (£ 91; to Danlos).

With Danlos, Paris.

Alfred Hubert (1831-1908), Paris (Lugt 130); probably acquired from the above; his posthumous sale, Danlos, Paris, 25-29 May 1909, lot 649 ('Superbe épreuve. Col.on Seymour-Haden') (Fr. 8,900; to Keppel).

With Frederick Keppel & Co., New York (their code EHOX.EV in pencil verso).

Albert William Scholle (1860-1917), San Francisco and New York (Lugt 2923a).

With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stock number a60537 in pencil verso).

General Brayton Ives (1840-1914), Farmington, Conn. and New York (without mark and not in Lugt); his posthumous sale, Thomas E. Kirby, American Art Association, New York, Catalogue of the masterpieces of engraving and etching: collected by the late General Brayton Ives, 12-14 April 1915, lot 716 ('...One of the very finest impressions in existence... from the Beham [sic], F. S. Haden and Alfred Hubert Collections'). ($ 3,300; to Hahlo).

With Harlow & Co., New York

Harris Whittemore (1864-1927), Naugatuck, Conn. (Lugt 1384a); then by descent.

With David Tunick, New York (with his code DTTAMKHHH in pencil verso); on consignment from an heir of the above.

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1993; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 21; Hind 168; New Hollstein 171 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 2



Exhibited

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Art in New England: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, from Private Collections in New England, 1939, no. 251, p. 128.
Artist:Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Applied technique:Drypoint
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Portrait
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