ID 1250765
Lot 110 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Christ preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
etching and drypoint
circa 1657
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine 'black sleeve' impression of the first state (of two)
printing with rich burr, good contrasts and depth
fractionally trimmed into the subject and re-margined
otherwise in good condition
Sheet 157 x 210 mm.
Provenance
Thomas Miller Whitehead (1821-1897?), London (Lugt 2449; without date); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 May 1898, lot 73 (£63) (this sale cited in Lugt).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber A.2142 in pencil verso).
Private English collection; acquired around 1920s from the above; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 67; Hind 256; New Hollstein 298
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
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 |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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