REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514623
Lot 91 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
10000GBP £ 10 000 – 15 000
The Artist drawing from the Model ('Het beeldt van Pigmalion')
etching and drypoint
circa 1639
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily with Initials PR (Hinterding E'.a.b.)
a fine, luminous impression of the second state (of four)
printing darkly and very evenly, with great contrasts
with some burr on the palm frond and elsewhere on the foreground
with thread to narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on or inside platemark at left
a very skilfully restored paper loss and associated tear at left
the sheet thinly backed
Plate 233 x 182 mm.
Sheet 237 x 184 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1972, lot 83.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 192; Hind 231; New Hollstein 176 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 77
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Drypoint, Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| 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 |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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