ID 1071820
Lot 28 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: lightly etched
etching and drypoint
1645
on laid paper, watermark fragment Foolscap with five-pointed Collar (Hinterding B.a.a.)
a fine, early impression of this delicate plate
printing with tiny touches of burr, fine horizontal wiping marks and inky plate edges above and below
with a light, uniform plate tone
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 131 x 116 mm.
Sheet 134 x 119 mm.
Provenance
Edward Rudge (1763-1846), Abbey Manor, Evesham, Worcestershire, and London (without mark, as is common, see Lugt 900); then by descent to his great-grandson John Edward Rudge (1903-1970); his sale, Christie's, London 16-17 December 1924, lot 80 (with two others; £ 68.5; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their inscription and possibly stocknumber 16767 in pencil verso).
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (without mark, see Lugt 719a, ); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lot 62 (£ 65; to Ruth-Marie Muthmann of C. G. Boerner).
With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.
Leslie E. Lancy (1911-1996), Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (Lugt 4796).
With David Tunick, New York (with his code DTMI in pencil verso).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired from the above in 1978; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 58; Hind 216; New Hollstein 227 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 24
| 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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