ID 1308572
Lot 39 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Cottage and Boundary Post on the Spaarndammerdijk ('Landscape with an Obelisk')
etching and drypoint
circa 1650
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the second, final state
printing with much burr and sulphur tinting in the sky
with a light plate tone and inky plate edges
with small to narrow margins, square sheet corners above
generally in very good condition
Plate 84 x 161 mm.
Sheet 85 x 164 mm.
Provenance
Probably Nathaniel Smith (1740/41- circa 1809), London (without mark; see Lugt 2296); his posthumous sale, Thomas Dodd, London, 26 April 1809 (and following days), lot 971 (with another landscape; 'both very fine').
Unidentified, with the Gersaint cat. no. 218 in brown ink verso (not in Lugt, probably related to the above).
With Robert Dighton (circa 1752-1814), London (Lugt 727, recto).
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 411 (£ 6.10; to Lauser).
With Gustav Lauser, London.
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber a20306 in pencil verso).
With David Tunick Inc., New York (with their stocknumber in pencil verso).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1980; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 227; Hind 243; New Hollstein 249 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 104
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Address of auction |
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