ID 887655
Lot 111 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
Christ crucified between two Thieves: ‘The Three Crosses’
drypoint, 1653, on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily with pendant Initials 4WR, countermark Name of Jesus, a brilliant, early impression of this highly important print, fourth state (of five), printing with rich burr and intense contrasts, with a light, selectively wiped plate tone, with thread margins, in very good condition
Plate 385 x 451 mm.
Sheet 388 x 452 mm.
Provenance
Claude-Augustin Mariette (1652- circa 1700), Paris (Lugt 1786), dated 1693.
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); Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1962, The Property of the late T.R.G. Carlyon, Esq., lot 134 (£ 5,800; to Colnaghi).
With Colnaghi & Co., London (without their stocknumber).
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 78; Hind 270; New Hollstein 274
| Artist: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western 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, The Netherlands |
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