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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 55
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514620
Lot 55 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Virgin and Child in the Clouds
counterproof (of the etching and drypoint)
1641
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily (Hinterding E'.a.b.)
a fine example, very rare
first state (of two)
printing clearly and with good contrasts
with partial narrow margins at left and right, trimmed to or inside the subject above and below
some small repairs at the corners and some minor foxing
generally in good condition
Sheet 159 x 107 mm.




Provenance

Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1677.
John Barnard (1709-1784), London (Lugt 1420); his posthumous sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days), 18th day, lot 76 (‘The madona [sic] and child in the clouds, and a reverse’ and B.62 and 63) (£1.10; to Townley).
Possibly Charles Towneley (1737–1805), Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire and London (without stamp and not in Lugt).
Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (1881–1941), Cologne and Haarlem (without stamp; see Lugt 1023a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Old Master and Modern Prints from the Franz Koenigs Collection, 23 January 2001, lot 74.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 61; Hind 186; New Hollstein 188 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 27
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