The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn - Part II

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Лот 13

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£ 69 300

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ID 1308560

Лот 13 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Оценочная стоимость

£ 35 000 – 50 000

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa
etching with touches of drypoint
1648
on Japan paper
a brilliant, atmospheric impression of the rare first state (of five)
printing warmly and evenly, with remarkable clarity and luminosity
trimmed outside the borderline, lacking the blank border below
in very good condition
Sheet 236 x 168 mm.

Provenance

With Walter Shropshire, London; probably his stock catalogue, 6 April 1772, no. 359 (£ 9) (according to Stogdon).
Jonathan Blackburne (1721-1786), Hale Hall and Liverpool (see Lugt 2650b), dated 1772 and inscribed with initials W. S. and n. 29-2 in pencil (referring to Shropshire); his posthumous sale, Hutchins, London, 20 March 1786 (and following days), lot 833 (with others; '...The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, No. 124, Two Impressions, with and without the Crown, the latter on India Paper') (£ 2.15; to John Thane for Browne).
Joseph Browne (d. circa 1790), Shepton Mallet, Somerset (see Lugt 1413-14); acquired at the above sale; his sale, Gerard, London, 23-28 May 1791, lot 57 ('Two, the Marriage of Hason and Creusa, with variation, fine and scarce') (£ 3.4; to Nathaniel Smith, probably for Daulby).
Probably Daniel Daulby (1745/1746-1798), Liverpool and Rydal Mount (without mark; see Lugt 738); his sale, T. Vernon, Liverpool, 19 August 1799, all the Rembrandt prints individually catalogued but sold in one lot (£ 610; to Vernon, Colnaghi and William Ford of Manchester - the latter sold his share to John Mason); their sale, Christie's, London, 14-17 May 1800, lot 158 ('FIRST IMPRESSION, very fine and extremely rare') (£ 5.15.6; to Manson, probably for John Towneley).
Probably John Towneley (1731-1813), Leighton Hall and London (withouth mark and not in Lugt).
Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (Lugt 640); his posthumous sale, 9-14 June 1881, lot 2608 (£ 9; to A. Danlos).
With Auguste Danlos, Paris.
John Webster (1810-1891), Aberdeen (without mark; see Lugt 1554 & 1555); his sale, Sotheby’s, London 9 May 1889, lot 74 ('First state on india paper. From the Bale Collection’) (£ 25; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London.
Alexis Hubert Rouart (1839-1911), Paris (without mark; see Lugt 2187a); then by descent; Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 24 October 1951, lot 254 ('Hervorragend schöner und Harmonischer Frühdruck, vor Verlängerung des Kleides der Medea, mit etwas Grat und von schönster Raumwirkung. Von unberührter Frische der Erhaltung, auf Japan-Papier, mit schmalem Rändchen. Slg. Bale') (CHF 2,600; to Blum).
Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey (Lugt 79b; on his mount); then by descent; Sotheby's, New York, Old Master Prints from the Collection of the late Dr. Albert W. Blum, 27 February 1988, lot 1243 ($ 30,800); to Light for Josefowitz.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 112; Hind 235; New Hollstein 241 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 58

Автор:	Рембрандт ван Рейн (1606 - 1669)
Техника исполнения:	Сухая игла, Офорт
Художественный стиль:	Старые мастера
Жанр:	Мифологическая живопись

Автор:	Рембрандт ван Рейн (1606 - 1669)
Техника исполнения:	Сухая игла, Офорт
Художественный стиль:	Старые мастера
Жанр:	Мифологическая живопись

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