ID 1071808
Lot 21 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
The Flight into Egypt: altered from Seghers
etching, engraving and drypoint
circa 1652
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding C.a.b)
a brilliant impression of this very rare and highly unusual print
fourth state (of six)
printing very richly and clearly, with burr and a few selectively wiped highlights
with great depth, especially in the distant landscape, and much inky relief in the areas reworked by Rembrandt
trimmed to the platemark, fractionally inside the subject above and below
in very good condition
Sheet 205 x 283 mm.
Provenance
Janet Marqusee (née Morland) (1931-2001) and John Edwards Marqusee (1928-1999), New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1970; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 56; Hind 226; New Hollstein 271 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 23
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
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