REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 64
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ID 1071797
Lot 64 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Shepherd and his Family ('Het Hardertje')

etching and drypoint

1644

on laid paper, without watermark

a very fine impression of this rare, small experimental print

printing very strongly and sharply, very tonal, the accidental marks across the plate very pronounced

with touches of burr on the grass, shrub and elsewhere

with narrow margins

in very good condition

Plate 95 x 67 mm.

Sheet 97 x 69 mm.





Provenance

Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (d. 1859), Berlin (Lugt 2434); sold en-bloc with his Rembrandt's collection by his widow to the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin in 1861.

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 1606), acquired from the above; with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 5615); probably their sale, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, 25-29 May 1914, lot 2104 ('Ausgezeichneter Abdruck').

With Paul Prouté, Paris (Lugt 2103c).

With August Laube, Zurich (their stocknumber 32043 in pencil verso).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1970; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 220; Hind 206; New Hollstein 218 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 97
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