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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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Lot 22 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Christ preaching ('La Petite Tombe')

etching and drypoint

circa 1657

on laid paper, without watermark

a brilliant, early 'black sleeve' impression of the first state (of two)

suffused with burr, printing with great clarity, contrasts and remarkable depth

with margins

in very good condition

Plate 154 x 207 mm.

Sheet 164 x 216 mm.





Provenance

George Hibbert (1757-1837), London (Lugt 2849, recto); his sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 17 April 1809 (and following days),13th day, lot 54 ('Little La Tombe, so called after a painter of that name - the subject is Christ preaching to the people - BRILLIANT, with the burr') (£ 3.15; to Champernowne).

Arthur Melville Champernowne (1871-1946), Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon (Lugt 153); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 February 1911, lot 84 ('very fine and full of burr, with margin') (£ 260; to Colnaghi; cited in Lugt).

With P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach, London.

Eldridge Reeves Johnson (1867-1945), Wilmington, Delaware & Philadelphia (without mark and not in Lugt); his posthumous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Part II. 3-4 April 1946, lot 140 ('Brilliant proof impression') ($ 1,000; to Kennedy).

With Kennedy & Co., New York.

Captain Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke (1894-1978), Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 30 April - 1 May 1968, lot 284 ($ 9,500; to Kennedy).

With Kennedy Galleries, New York.

With Aldis Browne Fine Arts, New York.

Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1984 (through Frederick Mulder); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 67; Hind 256; New Hollstein 298 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 31
Artist:Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Applied technique:Drypoint
Art style:Old Masters
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