REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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Lot 2 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Self-Portrait, frowning: Bust

etching

1630

on laid paper, without watermark

a very good impression of this scarce early portrait

third, final state

with narrow to thread margins

in good condition

Plate 73 x 60 mm.

Sheet 75 x 63 mm.





Provenance

François Debois (d. circa 1845), Paris (Lugt 985, dated 1837).

Domingo Guillermo de Arozarena (around 1860), probably Havana and Paris (Lugt 109).

Marsden Jasael Perry (1850-1935), Providence, Rhode Island (Lugt 1880); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 18-23 May 1908, lot 1107 ('Vorzüglicher alter Abdruck. Aus den Sammlungen Debois und Arozarena') (Mk. 28; to F. Meyer).

Dr J. Barnes Burt (d. 1953), Bath (Lugt 382b); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 May 1943, lot 90 ('Third state, from the M. J. Perry and Arozarena Collections') (£ 2; to Craddock & Barnard).

With Craddock & Barnard, London.

Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lot 6 (to Gale for Josefowitz).

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



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 10; Hind 30; New Hollstein 68 (this impression cited)

Stogdon p. 255
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