ID 1250744
Lot 115 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Jan Uytenbogaert, 'The Goldweigher'
etching and drypoint
1639
on laid paper, watermark Foolscap (probably with five-pointed Collar, Hinterding B.a)
a very fine, early impression of the second state (of three)
printing sharply and richly, with great contrasts and luminosity
with much burr on the coat and elsewhere
with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark in places
a few small repairs
generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 252 x 205 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, initial R in brown ink verso (not in Lugt).
British Museum, London (Lugt 300), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305) and initials of George William Reid (Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1866–83).
Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt (see Lugt 5881, without mark); his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 54 ($ 118,000).
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 281; Hind 167; New Hollstein 172
| 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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