REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514621
Lot 59 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
100000GBP £ 100 000 – 150 000
Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape
etching and drypoint
circa 1653
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Bend (Hinterding D'.a.a.)
a very fine, early and atmospheric impression of the second, final state
printing with rich burr on the lion's mane, tree stump, shrubs, figures on the bridge and elsewhere
with a light, even plate tone and inky plate edges
the fine horizontal wiping marks and the sulphur tinting in the sky at right pronounced
with narrow margins
a very skilfully restored paper loss in the blank area at lower centre to the right
otherwise in good condition
Plate 260 x 209 mm.
Sheet 263 x 210 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, number 19 or 61 in brown ink verso, probably 18th century (not in Lugt).
Sotheby's, Parke Bernet & Co., New York, 14 May 1981, lot 618.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 104; Hind 267; New Hollstein 275 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 54
| 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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