ID 1071780
Lot 12 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Valeur estimée
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Sheet of Studies with the Head of the Artist, a Beggar Man, Woman and Child
etching and engraving
1651
on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with five-pointed Collar (Hinterding K.e.a.)
a very fine, strong and clear impression of this very rare portrait
printing with a light, even plate tone, the plate impurities showing strongly
trimmed on or just inside the platemark
in good condition
Sheet 110 x 91 mm.
Provenance
Johann Carl Dietrich Hebich (1818-1891), Hamburg (Lugt 1250); his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 15 November 1880 (and following days), lot 403 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck, äusserst selten') (Mk. 225; to Sträter).
Dr August Sträter (1810-1897), Aachen, Germany (without mark, see Lugt 787).
With The Fine Arts Society, London or Edinburgh (according to Nowell-Usticke's catalogue).
Captain Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke (1894-1978), Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 31 October - 1 November 1967, lot 40 ($ 1,000).
Eric Kaufman, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1981, lot 880 ($18,700; to Josefowitz).
Sam Josefowitz; acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 370; Hind 230; New Hollstein 261 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 144
Exhibited
The Grolier Club, New York, Catalogue of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club of the City of New York, New York, April-May 1900, cat. no. 186.
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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