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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 119PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

A Cottage beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk

Closed2 July 2024

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
A Cottage beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk
etching and drypoint
circa 1641
on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with five-pointed Collar (Hinterding K.a.)
a fine, atmospheric impression of this delicate landscape
printing with the sulphur-tinting in the sky and at left
with small margins on three sides, not showing the platemark above
in very good condition
Plate 141 x 211 mm.
Sheet 156 x 221 mm.

Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; sold as part of his collection of old master prints in 1922 to Colnaghi & Co., London, and Harlow & Co., New York; inscribed at the time of the sale by his secretary Mr Montag with the deaccession number M. 393 in pencil verso (Lugt 1840c; see also Lugt 2785).
Collection F. L. Kohlman (according to Knoedler's label on the back of former frame).
With Knoedler & Co., New York (probably their stocknumber # 30049 in pencil verso).

Specialist note

Although the sheet is larger than the recorded plate size, the upper platemark is not visible. It is likely that the upper platemark was masked or padded out during the printing process, possibly with the aim of extending the expanse of the blank sky above the landscape. A similar phenomenon has been observed in an impression of the Landscape with Cottages and a Hay Barn: Oblong (NH 199), sold recently in these rooms (The Sam Josefowitz Collection - Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn, London, 7 December 2023, lot 36).