REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514632
Lot 61 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
30000GBP £ 30 000 – 50 000
Cottage and Farm Buildings with a Man sketching
etching
circa 1645
on laid paper, countermark LB (Hinterding A.a)
a fine impression of this uncommon landscape
printing sharply, clearly and with good contrasts
with fine, vertical wiping marks in the sky
the subtle plate tone more prominent toward the edges
with thread to narrow margins
generally in very condition
Plate 130 x 209 mm.
Sheet 132 x 212 mm.
Provenance
Probably Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816) and Elias Martin (1739-1818), Stockholm (without oval, see Lugt 3846).
Indistinct Letters, possibly initials DD in pencil verso (Daniel Daulby, see Lugt 738; not in his sales).
Nathaniel Smith (1740/41- circa 1809), London (see Lugt 2296; variously inscribed in pen and brown ink verso, including with the code DIXXF).
Sotheby's, London, 2 May 1927, lot 3 ('The Property of a Nobleman'; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C 16015 in pencil verso).
Probably Lady Ethel Edith Bilsland (1892-1982), London (not in Lugt; according to Stogdon); presumably acquired from the above.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C 38107 in pencil verso); acquired from the above in 1971.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1972; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 219; Hind 213; New Hollstein 201 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 96
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | 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: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
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