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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 116

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Clement de Jonghe, Printseller

Closed2 July 2024

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GBP 6,000–8,000

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
counterproof (of the etching with drypoint and engraving)
1651
on laid paper, without watermark
fourth state (of ten), very rare
with small margins on three sides, trimmed to or just fractionally inside the subject above
the sheet corners canted above
some staining and minor defects
Sheet 208 x 166 mm.

Specialist note

The first five states of this portrait are by Rembrandt's own hand, all subsequent states are the result of posthumous changes to the plate. Of these five lifetime states, only six counterproofs are recorded in New Hollstein: one of the first state; three of the second state; two of the third state; and none of the present fourth or the fifth state. The present example thus constitutes an important and rare addition to the census of early impressions of this print, and of counterproofs in Rembrandt's oeuvre in general.