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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 24
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Lot 24 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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)
Applied technique:Drypoint
Art style:Old Masters
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