REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514586
Lot 50 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
100000GBP £ 100 000 – 150 000
The Entombment
etching and drypoint
circa 1654
on vellum
a superb, intensely dark and atmospheric impression of this important print
third state (of four)
exceedingly rare on this support
suffused with a heavy, selectively wiped plate tone
printing with much burr and remarkable inky relief
some double-printing, to a trembling effect, in particular on the legs of Christ
narrow margins on three sides, a wider margin below
in very good condition
Plate 206 x 157 mm.
Sheet 218 x 161 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, initial D (?) in black ink verso (not in Lugt).
Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq, called des Tournelles (1818-1882), Paris (Lugt 1336); his sale, Hôtel Drouot (exp. Loÿs Delteil), 17-18 April 1905 (Fr. 105).
With Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923–2023), Bern (not in Lugt).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in exchange for an impression of Jupiter and Antiope (B. 103); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 86; Hind 281; New Hollstein 284
Stogdon 45
Exhibited
Les Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Cabinet des Éstampes. Geneva, États & Achèvement dans la Gravure du XVI au XX Siècle, 1986.
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, 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: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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