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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 26
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514606
Lot 26 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, from: Four Illustrations to Manasseh Ben Israel 'Piedra Gloriosa'
etching and engraving with drypoint
1655
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this rare print
fifth, final state
printing sharply and with good contrasts
with touches of burr in places and a light plate tone
with small margins
a few minor defects, mainly at the sheet edges
the subject in good condition
Plate 111 x 70 mm.
Sheet 114 x 74 mm.




Provenance

Possibly John Sheepshanks (1787-1863), London (without mark; see Lugt 2333) (according to Stogdon).
With William Smith, London.
British Museum, London (Lugt 300; with the acquisition no. [18]43 /6-7 /207, relating to Smith); acquired from the above; with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305) and initials of Campbell Dodgson (Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1912–32); their duplicate sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 25-27 May 1925, lot 1042 ('Ausgezeichneter Abdruck, mit Rändchen').
Alexander John Godby (1853-1934), Baltimore (Lugt 1119b); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 January 1935, lot 32 (sold with another print) (£ 4,5; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C.22774 in pencil verso).
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lot 41 (£ 1,300; to Johnson).
Walter J. Johnson (1908–1996), Leipzig and New York (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 2-3 May 1984, lot 514 ($ 6,050; to Schulman).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 36a; Hind 284a; New Hollstein 288a (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 262
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