ID 1308597
Lot 43 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep
etching and drypoint
1650
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, atmospheric impression of the second, final state
printing clearly and great depth
with considerable burr on the sheep, the grasses in the foreground and elsewhere, with a light, grainy tone in the sky at meadow at right
with narrow margins
generally in good condition
Plate 82 x 173 mm.
Sheet 84 x 176 mm.
Provenance
Christiaan Josi (1768-1828), Amsterdam and London (without mark; see Lugt 573); his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 18-21 March 1829, 2nd day, lot 94 ('Fine impression with the burr') (£ 4.4; to Reynolds for Lawrence).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (Lugt 2446, recto); acquired at the above sale; his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 10-14 May 1830, lot 203 ('Very fine') (£ 3.10; to Davenport).
The Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley (1787-1863), Wootton Hall, Staffordshire (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Christie's, London, 8-14 May 1844, lot 151 (£2.15; to Graves).
With Henry Graves & Co., London.
The Rev. John Griffiths (1806-1885), Oxford (Lugt 1464); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 9-10 May 1883, lot 199 (£13; to Addington).
Samuel Addington (1806-1886), London (without mark; see Lugt 2344a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1886 (and following days), lot 160 (£14.10; to Dunthorne).
With Robert Dunthorne, London and Liverpool.
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 174 (£ 6.200; to Tunick).
With David Tunick, Inc., New York.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1973; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 224; Hind 241; New Hollstein 254 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 101
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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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