REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514613
Lot 78 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
1500GBP £ 1 500 – 2 500
Head of an old Man in a high Fur Cap: Bust
etching
circa 1629
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, early impression of this rare little print
printing richly and strongly
with many fine horizontal wiping scratches and a subtle plate tone
with narrow margins
in very good condition
Plate 44 x 32 mm.
Sheet 46 x 34 mm.
Provenance
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 195 (£ 260; to Tunick).
With David Tunick, New York.
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 24 June 1983, lot 195.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 299; Hind 135; New Hollstein 37 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 335
| 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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