REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514612
Lot 6 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
15000GBP £ 15 000 – 25 000
Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, a Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc.
etching
1632
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, tonal impression of the second, final state
printing strongly, the plate impurities and accidental marks very prominent
with small margins and sharp plate edges
in very good condition
Plate 99 x 103 mm.
Sheet 102 x 107 mm.
Provenance
James McBey (1883–1959), Scottish painter and printmaker, Aberdeen (not in Lugt), inscribed McBey August 1912 in black ink verso.
With August Laube Kunsthandel, Zurich (their stocknumber 35870 in pencil verso)
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1984; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 363; Hind 90; New Hollstein 115 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 141
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | 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: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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