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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 13
07.12.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1071806
Lot 13 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 90 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Adam and Eve

etching

1638

on laid paper, watermark fragment Foolscap (probably Hinterding ZZ.zz)

a fine impression of the second, final state

printing sharply and richly and with strong contrasts

a thread margin below, trimmed to or just outside the platemark elsewhere

in good condition

Plate 162 x 116 mm.

Sheet 163 x 118 mm.





Provenance

Unidentified, stamped star or flower (not in Lugt).

Carl Schlösser (1827-1884), Elberfeld (Lugt 636); his sale, F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt, 7 June 1880 (and following days), lot 479 ('Épreuve de toute beauté; on n'en peut voir de plus belle; du premier état avec le reflet de lumière sur la cuisse droite d'Ève...') (Mk. 170; to Thibaudeau).

With Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-1893), Paris and London (without mark, see Lugt 2473).

Edward Smith Jr. (2nd half 19th century), London (Lugt 2897); probably acquired from the above; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1880, lot 14 ('First state, from the Schloesser collection') (£ 8.8; to Thibaudeau).

With Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-1893), Paris and London (without mark, see Lugt 2473).

With Tomas Harris (1908-1964), London (Lugt 4921).

Richard Dawnay 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a).

With P. & D. Colnaghi, London (with their stocknumber C 26429 in pencil verso, crossed out).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1979; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 28; Hind 159; New Hollstein 168 (this impression cited)

Stogdon p. 260



Exhibited

Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Fukuoka Art Museum, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Rembrandt and The Bible, 1986-1987, no. 57.
Artist:Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Applied technique:Drypoint
Art style:Old Masters
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