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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 46
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514634
Lot 46 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Christ preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
etching and drypoint
circa 1657
on smooth, ivory Japan paper
a very fine, early and atmospheric 'black sleeve' impression of the first state (of two)
suffused with rich burr to a vaporous effect
printing very softly and with a light plate tone
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 156 x 207 mm.
Sheet 161 x 212 mm.




Provenance

Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Vlaardingen (see Lugt 12 and 240); then by descent to his daughter Francoise Johanna Gael.
Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland between 1806-1810 (not in Lugt); the collection acquired en-bloc in 1807 from the above; then transferred to the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (Lugt 240); their duplicate sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 2 May 1882, lot 348 ('Magnifique épreuve du premier état, tirée sur papier du Japon. Avec marges.’) (Fl. 185; to Thibaudeau) (cited in Lugt).
With Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-1893), Paris and London (without mark, see Lugt 2473).
P. H. Kavanagh.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C. 30323 in pencil verso); acquired from the above in 1957.
Dr P. B. Emmons; acquired from the above in 1957.
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1988, lot 101.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale (through Linda M. Papaharis); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 67; Hind 256; New Hollstein 298 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 30
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