REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514559
Lot 10 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
12000GBP £ 12 000 – 18 000
Jan Cornelis Sylvius
etching
1633
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding C.f.a.)
a brilliant, luminous impression of the first state (of three)
printing very strongly, yet sharply and nuanced
with intense contrasts, depth and much inky relief
with narrow margins
in very good condition
Plate 167 x 141 mm.
Sheet 169 x 144 mm.
Provenance
Heinrich Friedrich de la Motte-Fouquet (1795-1874), Cologne (Lugt 778); his posthumous sale, Heberle, Cologne, 24 May 1875, lot 75 ('Superbe épreuve, parfaite de conservation, du premier état, très-rare...') (Rth. 31).
With Theodore B. Donson, New York.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1982; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 266; Hind 111; New Hollstein 124 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 109
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving, Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving, Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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