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Old Man seen from behind, Profile right: Half-figure
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Old Man seen from behind, Profile right: Half-figure
etching with touches of drypoint
circa 1629
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the rare third state (of seven)
printing very sharply and richly
with great contrasts, a light plate tone and inky plate edges
with narrow margins
a printer's crease in the upper subject
generally in good condition
Plate 73 x 43 mm.
Sheet 75 x 45 mm.
Old Man seen from behind, Profile right: Half-figure
etching with touches of drypoint
circa 1629
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the rare third state (of seven)
printing very sharply and richly
with great contrasts, a light plate tone and inky plate edges
with narrow margins
a printer's crease in the upper subject
generally in good condition
Plate 73 x 43 mm.
Sheet 75 x 45 mm.
Provenance
Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965), Wykeham Abbey, Yorkshire (Lugt 719a); his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1972, lot 139 (£ 360; to Colnaghi).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber C 26388 in pencil verso), and Frederick Mulder, London.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1973; then by descent to the present owners.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber C 26388 in pencil verso), and Frederick Mulder, London.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1973; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 143; Hind 41C; New Hollstein 33a (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 295
Stogdon p. 295
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Tim Schmelcher
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