REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514573
Lot 37 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
25000GBP £ 25 000 – 35 000
The Virgin and Child with the Cat and the Snake
etching
1654
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, atmospheric impression of the first state (of four)
printing darkly and richly, with much plate tone
with margins
in very good condition
Plate 95 x 144 mm.
Sheet 101 x 151 mm.
Provenance
Dr. Axel C. Widstrand (b. 1866), Stockholm (without stamp, see Lugt 2630a).
With Craddock & Barnard, London (presumably acquired from the above).
George Bjørklund (1887- after 1968), Stockholm (Lugt 1138c); acquired from the above (according to Stogdon); his sale, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 4 June 1957, lot 241a.197 ('Vortrefflich und sehr gut erhalten. Mit Rand. Slg. Widstrand').
With August Laube Kunsthandel, Zurich (with their stocknumber 30062 in pencil verso).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1970; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 63; Hind 275; New Hollstein 278 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 272
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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