ID 1308642
Lot 50 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A Beggar seated warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish
etching
circa 1630
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, very tonal impression of the second, final state
printing strongly, with great contrasts and inky plate edges
with small margins
the upper left corner restored
generally in very good condition
Plate 77 x 45 mm.
Sheet 81 x 50 mm.
Provenance
Domingo Guillermo de Arozarena (around 1860), probably Havana and Paris (Lugt 109); his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (exp. Clément), 11-16 March 1861, lot 669 ('Très belle épreuve de la planche irrégulière, avec les bords raboteux.') (Fr. 9; to Rochoux).
With Armand-Ambroise Rochoux (1813-1871?), Paris (without mark and not in Lugt); possibly his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (exp. M. Vignères), 15-20 April 1872, lot 542 (group lot, 'Gueux. [162, 164, 172] et autres. 4 p.') (Fr. 15; to Rap [?]).
Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin (1825-1879), Leipzig (Lugt 2612); his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (exp. M. Vignères), 23-24 May 1859, lot 228 ('Très belle avec une petite marge') (Fr. 9.5).
Hôtel Drouot, Paris (exp. D. Rousseau), 15 October 1971, lot 58.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 173; Hind 8; New Hollstein 44 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 300
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Etching |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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Applied technique: | Etching |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Address of auction |
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