ID 1071817
Lot 42 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
Landscape with a Farm Building and the 'House with the Tower'
etching and drypoint
circa 1650
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding E'a.a.) and countermark WK (Hinterding A.a.a.)
a very fine, atmospheric impression of this rare landscape
fourth, final state
printing with great contrasts and touches of burr, conveying a sense of movement to the scene
with an even plate tone, pronounced plate impurities and inky plate edges
with narrow to thread margins
in good condition
Plate 122 x 321 mm.
Sheet 124 x 322 mm.
Provenance
Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock (18th & 19th century), Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); their sale, F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 16 May 1870, lot 1361 ('Magnifique épreuve du second état sans le dȏme sur la tour; les bords de la planche très-raboteaux') (Fl. 301; to Gutekunst).
With H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart.
Theodore de Witt (1853-1924), New York and Los Angeles (Lugt 2428).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stock numbers A75113 and possibly a5352, 4994 and a64218 in pencil verso).
Ralph Thrall King (1855-1926), Cleveland (without mark, see Lugt 2220); then by descent; Christie's, New York, 10 May 1982, lot 85 ($ 55,000; to Laube for Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 223; Hind 244; New Hollstein 256 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 100
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 |
Address of auction |
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