ID 1071800
Lot 24 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
etching and drypoint
1654
on laid paper, without watermark
a brilliant, very rich and clear impression of the first state (of four)
printing with much burr, great depth and dramatic contrasts
with selectively wiped plate tone, strong relief and inky plate edges
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 210 x 161 mm.
Sheet 217 x 168 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, letters uh in brown ink (not in Lugt).
Numbered 86 in brown ink, lower margin recto, possibly by Nathaniel Smith, London (see Stogdon no. 42).
Julian Marshall (1836-1903), London (Lugt 1494); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1864 (and following days), lot 1604 ('rich with bur [sic], and with margin, rare') (£ 5; to Marseille Holloway).
With Holloway & Son, London.
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227, stamped and with his pencil signature); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 431 (£ 4; to Ellis)
Sotheby’s, New York, 25-27 February 1988, lot 666 ($57,750; to Laube for Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 83; Hind 280; New Hollstein 286 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 42
Exhibited
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt Selected for Exhibition at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1877, p. 94, no. 160 (on loan from Seymour Haden).
The Fine Art Society, About Etching (F. Seymour Haden Collection), London, 1879, Catalogue Part II, no. 97.
| 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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