ID 1250718
Lot 103 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Self-Portrait etching at a Window
etching and drypoint
1648
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding G.c., circa 1646-48)
a very fine, atmospheric impression of the fourth state (of nine)
printing sharply and evenly, with strong contrasts and considerable burr
trimmed just inside the platemark
generally in very good condition
Sheet 153 x 128 mm.
Provenance
Jules Gerbeau (1833-1906), Paris (Lugt 1165); his sale, Hotel Drouot (Danlos), Paris, 12-15 May 1908, lot 76 (‘très belle épreuve’).
Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris (Lugt 2100b); his sale, Hotel Drouot (Delteil), Paris, 9 April 1924, lot 9 (‘Superbe épreuve avant la séparation du dos du livre. Collection J. Gerbeau’) (this sale cited in Lugt).
André-Jean Hachette (1873-1952), Paris (Lugt 132); probably his posthumous sale, Hotel Drouot (Rousseau), 11 June 1953 (this lot presumably cited in Lugt; Fr. 75,000).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C. 28843 in pencil verso).
Private French Collection; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 22; Hind 229; New Hollstein 240
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, 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: | Drypoint, 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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