ID 1250702
Lot 100 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Self-Portrait with Saskia
etching
1636
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the second state (of four)
printing sharply, with great contrasts, much ink relief and a subtle plate tone
small margins on three sides, a wider margin below
in very good condition
Plate 104 x 93 mm.
Sheet 120 x 106 mm.
Provenance
Fürsten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (Lugt 2715a); probably acquired by Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein (1748-1802), Maihingen, Bavaria; then by descent; their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 28 May 1935, lot 219 (‘Ausgezeichnet. Mit viel Rand').
Carel Joseph Frederik Johan Maassen (b. 1895), Amsterdam (Lugt 1774b); presumably acquired at the above sale.
Private European-American Collection; acquired in the 1960s; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 19; Hind 144; New Hollstein 158
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
| Address of auction |
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