REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514563
Lot 101 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Valeur estimée
100000GBP £ 100 000 – 150 000
Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes originales, Têtes, Paysages et différents Sujet, dessinées et gravées par Rembrandt (Recueil Basan)
the album containing 76 etchings by Rembrandt, three copies after Rembrandt, and five prints by other artists of his school (84 prints in total)
lacking the Descent from the Cross (NH 119) and Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (NH 128) (with their backing sheets remaining)
printed on 31 sheets of tissue-thin, pale grey laid paper, adhered onto the original laid paper album sheets (as issued)
the album sheets with watermarks Grapes, Small Crozier or countermarks IVROUX and sheet 28 on Auvergne (Hinterding Miscellaneous E.c.)
a very fine and extremely rare example of the first edition, printed by Pierre-François Basan, Paris, circa 1789
very good, rich and clear impressions, before the final rework of A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')
with the original title-page with the address Chez Basan / rue et maison Serpente, No. 14., and table of contents
the title-pages and table of contents of the H.-L. Basan and Jean editions on different papers added later
the full sheets, with deckle edges, bound with modern paper guards into in a brown half-calf binding with marbled boards, and gilt letters REMBRANDT / BASAN on the spine (the binding circa 1970 or later)
each print annotated with the reference numbers in pencil by a previous collector
generally in good condition
Sheets 465 x 305 mm. (and similar)
Album 480x 345 x 20 mm. (overall)
Provenance
Probably with Henry Fawcett, London.
C. L. Lewes (early 20th century), United Kingdom (not in Lugt); inscribed with his name and annotated in the second front endpaper '31st Jan. 1901 / H Fawcett considers date about 1750 (...)' in pencil; presumably acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Sweden.
With Craddock & Barnard, London; acquired from the above (through George Bjørklund); Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1970, lot 52.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); presumably acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. W. Nowell-Usticke, Rembrandt's Etchings, States and Values, Livingston Publishing Co., Narberth, 1967, pp. 18-20 (this album described)
G. Bjørklund, O. Barnard, Rembrandt's Etchings: True and False, second edition, revised, Stockholm, London, New York, 1968, pp. 161-163 (this album described).
E. Hinterding, The History of Rembrandt's Copperplates, with a Catalogue of those that survive, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, 1995, pp. 29-34 (this album described and illustrated pp. 29-30).
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Text & Plates, compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers.
Stogdon 145
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Eau-forte |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Art de genre |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Europe, Les Pays-Bas |
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Eau-forte |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Art de genre |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Europe, Les Pays-Bas |
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