REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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ID 1514605
Lot 96 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Valeur estimée
120000GBP £ 120 000 – 180 000
A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')
etching with engraving and drypoint
circa 1652
on smooth, cream Japan paper
a brilliant, early impression of the first state (of seven)
printing with much plate tone and rich burr throughout
with great depth and atmospheric effects
with small margins
generally in very good condition
Plate 208 x 161 mm.
Sheet 212 x 165 mm.
Provenance
With Arthur Pond (circa 1705-1758), London (without mark; see Lugt 2038); presumably acquired from the above.
Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk (Lugt 2775, recto); probably acquired en-bloc from the above with the rest of his collection; presumably his sale, Langford, London, 27 March 1760 (and following days), 18th night, lot 75 (‘Two by ditto, Fautricus [sic] and Asselin, on India paper’) (£ 2.11); or lot 78 (‘Two by ditto, Fautriues [sic], one on India paper, with variation’), (£ 4.10; probably to an English buyer, according to Stogdon).
Probably Nathaniel Smith (1740/41- circa 1809), London (without mark, see Lugt 2296, presumably with his inscription Fautrieus and number 251 in brown ink recto).
Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Vlaardingen (see Lugt 12 and 240); then by descent to his daughter Francoise Johanna Gael.
Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland between 1806-1810 (not in Lugt); the collection acquired en-bloc in 1807 from the above; then transferred to the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (Lugt 240), with the duplicate stamp (Lugt 699); their sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 2 May 1882, lot 403 (‘Magnifique épreuve du premier état, avant les travaux à la pointe sèche sur l’épaule droite du Faustus. Elle est extrêmement vigoureuse de ton et chargée de barbes. Tiré sur papier du Japon. Avec marges. – Fort rare de cette qualité.’) (Fl. 561; to Thibaudeau)
With Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-1893), Paris and London (without mark, see Lugt 2473).
With Frederick Keppel, New York (with his code FWOX in pencil, twice, partly erased).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber A78498, and probably 4591 and 736, in pencil verso).
Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt (without mark, see Lugt 5881); his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 45 ($ 178,500).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired at the above sale (through Laube); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 270; Hind 260; New Hollstein 270 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 111
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Pointe sèche, Gravure, Eau-forte |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Allégorie |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Europe, Les Pays-Bas |
| Artiste: | Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Pointe sèche, Gravure, Eau-forte |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Allégorie |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Europe, Les Pays-Bas |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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