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

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Лот 32

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ID 1308606

Лот 32 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Оценочная стоимость

£ 100 000 – 150 000

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Entombment
etching and drypoint
circa 1654
on thin, pale China paper
a superb impression of the very rare first state (of four)
cleanly wiped to a dramatic, luminous effect
printing with remarkable clarity and depth, intense contrasts and much inky relief
trimmed to or just outside the platemark
generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 213 x 163 mm.

Provenance

Possibly Salomon Gautier (d. 1725), Paris, Amsterdam and London (similar to Lugt 2977-78), inscribed N. 14 in red crayon.
Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (Lugt 1687); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 December 1876 (and following days), lot 1384 ('Abdruck des ersten Zustandes, Aetzdruck, von erster Schönheit und herrlicher Lichtwirkung. Auf japanisches Papier. Von bester Erhaltung. Auesserst selten.') (Mk. 600; to Schlösser).
Carl Schlösser (1827-1884), Elberfeld (Lugt 636); his sale, F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt, 7 June 1880 (and following days), lot 520 (''Magnifique épreuve du premier état à l'eau-forte pure, extrêmement rare, tirée sur papier du Japon. Avec petites marges. Coll. Liphart.') (Mk. 610; to Thibaudeau).
With Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-1893), Paris and London (without mark; see Lugt 2473).
Edward Smith Jr. (2nd half 19th century), London (Lugt 2897); probably acquired from the above; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1880, lot 47 ('first state on India paper from Liphart and Schloesser collections') (£ 25; to Davidsohn).
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26-29 April 1921, lot 79 ('Brillanter, frischer Ätzdruck auf Japanpapier, mit Rändchen. Aus den Sammlungen Liphart und Schlösser. Von der grössten Seltenheit.') (Mk. 49,000; to Cassirer) (cited in Lugt).
With Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 14-15 November 1924, lot 529 ('Brillanter Ätzdruck auf Japanpapier, mit Rändchen. Aus den Sammlungen Schlösser, E. Smith, Liphart und Davidsohn. Wie alle Erstdrucke der bedeutenden Blätter Rembrandts von äusserster Seltenheit.') (Mk. 4,200; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumbers C. 13101, C 2218-2750 and C 23840 in pencil verso).
Edwin A. Seasongood (1876-1953), New York (Lugt 826b); sold privately to Somary.
Felix Somary (1881-1956), Vienna, Zurich, Washington D.C. (Lugt 4384); then by descent.
With Artemis Fine Arts Ltd., London, in association with N. G. Stogdon, Inc., New York; on consignment from the above; their catalogue, Etchings by Rembrandt from the collection of Felix Somary, no. 22.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired from the above in 1985; then by descent to the present owners.

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 86; Hind 281; New Hollstein 284 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 44
E. Dutuit, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, Paris, 1883, Vol. I, p. 133, no. 93 (this impression cited).
D. Rovinski. L'oeuvre grave de Rembrandt, Saint Petersburg, 1890, p. 62, no. 86 (this impression cited).

Exhibited

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Printmaking - The Evolving Image: an Exhibition on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Museum's Print Department, 1987.

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

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