ID 1071806 
Lot 13  | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 90 000 
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) | 
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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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