REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 70
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Lot 70 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Shell (Conus Marmoreus)

etching, engraving and drypoint

1650

on laid paper, partial watermark Foolscap

a fine impression of this very rare print

second state (of three)

with a thread margin below, trimmed on the platemark elsewhere

in very good condition

Plate & Sheet 97 x 132 mm.





Provenance

J. F. Linck (d. 1863), Berlin (Lugt 1685); inscribed in pen and ink ‘B. No. 159. – 2de Epr:/ De la plus grande rarété/ J. F. Linck 480’; his posthumous sale, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 14 May 1855 (and following days), lot 2773 (‘Die Muschel. qu.8. B. 159. Guter Abdruck dieses äusserst seltenen Blattes.’) (Th. 20; Cronstern).

Gabriel von Cronstern III (1783-1869), Schloss Nehmten, Schleswig-Hollstein; acquired at the above sale; then by descent in the family to the following.

The Counts of Plessen-Cronstern, their sale, Old Master Prints from a German Family of Title: Part II; Christie’s, London, 18 June 1992, lot 161 (£ 66,000).

Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 159; Hind 248; New Hollstein 247 (this impression cited)

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