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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 27
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514643
Lot 27 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Jacob’s Ladder, from: Four Illustrations to Manasseh Ben Israel 'Piedra Gloriosa'
etching and engraving with drypoint
1655
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, rich impression of the rare second state (of four)
printing very sharply and darkly, with great contrasts and depth
with considerable burr, much inky relief and a subtle plate tone
printed from the undivided plate, with a small margin at left
generally in very good condition
Sheet 113 x 76 mm.




Provenance

Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1698 and probably with an associated number '110' in brown ink.
Unidentified, inscribed 'Nergard' or 'Nergaud' (?) in pencil verso (not in Lugt).
The Carlyon Family, Tregrehan House, Cornwall; probably acquired by Thomas Carlyon (circa 1755-1830) or William Carlyon (1781-1841); then by descent to Tristram R. G. Carlyon (1877-1957); sold en-bloc with most of the Rembrandt collection to Colnaghi by the executors in 1958.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber R. 483 in pencil verso); their catalogue The Age of Rembrandt: an Exhibition of Etchings, 1969, no. 52.
Charles C. Cunningham Jr. (b. 1934), Boston (Lugt 4684).
With Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, California (on behalf of the above).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1974; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 36b; Hind 284b; New Hollstein 288b (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 262
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