ID 1086619
Lot 18 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 400 000
The French Bed ('Het Ledikantje')
counterproof (of the etching and drypoint)
1646
on laid paper, without watermark
a superb example, one of only three known counterproofs of this extremely rare subject
third state (of four)
printing very strongly and sharply, with intense contrasts and much burr
Plate 125 x 225 mm.
Sheet 142 x 239 mm.
Provenance
Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Cologne, Brussels & Bonn (Lugt 1383); his sale, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 28 April 1856, lot 295 ('La même estampe. Une contre-épreuve du même état, avec beaucoup de marge. Fort rare') (Mk. 16; to Weigel).
With Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig.
With Hill-Stone Inc., New York.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired from the above in 1990; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
REFERENCES
Bartsch, Hollstein 186; Hind 223; New Hollstein 230 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 74
SELECTED LITERATURE
C. S. Ackley, et al., Rembrandt’s Journey – Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exhibition catalogue, MFA Publications, Boston, 2003, p. 162-163 (another impression illustrated).
E. Hinterding, G. Luijten, M. Royalton-Kisch, Rembrandt the Printmaker, exhibition catalogue, British Museum, London, 2000, no. 52, p. 218-220 (another impression illustrated).
N. Stogdon, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings of Rembrandt in a private Collection, Switzerland, privately printed, 2011, no. 74, p. 122-125 (this impression illustrated).
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving, Etching |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Genre: | Genre art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint, Engraving, Etching |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Genre: | Genre art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Address of auction |
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