REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

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Lot 21 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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£ 200 000 – 300 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Thomas Haaringh ('Old Haaringh')

drypoint, possibly with touches of burin

circa 1655

on vellum

a very fine, early impression of this rare print

one of only three examples printed on vellum

third, final state

printing very richly and velvety, with much burr and very painterly, atmospheric effects

with a carefully and selectively wiped plate tone

Sheet 181 x 148 mm.





Provenance

Probably William Young Ottley (1771-1836), London (without mark, see Lugt 2663); his sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 19 March 1804 (and following days), 4th day, lot 86 ('... on vellum - very rare') (£ 12).

Probably Thomas Lloyd (circa 1757-1843), London (without mark and not in Lugt); his sale, G. Jones, London, 1 July 1825, lot 393 ('...rare, a fine early impression on parchment, producing the effect of a Picture') (£ 1.15; to Ottley).

Probably William Young Ottley (1771-1836), London (without mark, see Lugt 2663); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 May - 1 June 1837, lot 72 ('Extremely rare') (£ 7; to Ottley).

Probably Warner Ottley (1774-1846), London (brother of the above; without mark and not in Lugt).

John Heywood Hawkins (1802⁄03-1877), London and Bignor Park, Sussex (Lugt 1471, and his code εT/o/ω in pencil verso).

Probably with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; acquired from the above.

Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London & Dalkeith, Scotland (without his mark, see Lugt 402); probably acquired from the above; his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 19-22 April 1887, lot 2010 (£ 26; to Colnaghi).

With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London.

Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris (Lugt 2100b); his sale, Hôtel Drouot (expert L. Delteil), Paris, 9 April 1924, lot 123 ('Superbe épreuve sur parchemin (légèrement rognée dans le haut)') (Fr. 16,000) (cited in Lugt).

Marcel Mirault (1860-1929), Tours (Lugt 1892a); his posthumous sale, M. Rousseau & J. Caillac, Paris, 18 May 1938, lot 21 ('Superbe épreuve du 2e état, chargée de barbes, sur parchemin [...]. Fort rare. Dutuit considérait cette planche comme le chef-d'oeuvre des portraits gravés par le maître. Ancienne collection P. Mathey, vente 9 avril 1924, n. 124 [sic] (reproduit)') (Fr. 33.000) (cited in Lugt).

Sotheby’s, London, 26 April 1978, lot 119 (to Salamon).

With Harry Salamon, Milan.

Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired from the above in 1982; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

REFERENCES

Bartsch, Hollstein 274; Hind 287; New Hollstein 291 (this impression cited)

Stogdon 115



SELECTED LITERATURE

K. Althaus, Rembrandt – Die Radierungen aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Freiburger Graphische Betriebe, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2005.

S. S. Dickey, Rembrandt: Portraits in Print, John Benjamins Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 2004, p. 107.

E. Hinterding, G. Luijten, M. Royalton-Kisch, Rembrandt the Printmaker, exhibition catalogue, British Museum Press, London, 2000, p. 326-328 (another impression illustrated).

E. Hinterding, Rembrandt Etchings from the Frits Lugt Collection, THOTH Publishers, Bussum & Fondation Custodia, Paris, 2008, no. 202, p. 488-489.

N. Stogdon, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings by Rembrandt in a Private Collection, Switzerland, privately printed, 2011, no. 115, p. 200-203 (this impression illustrated).

C. White, Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1999, second edition, p. 156-158 (another impression illustrated).
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