The Artist's Mother, Head and Bust: Three Quarters right

Details

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Artist's Mother, Head and Bust: Three Quarters right
etching
1628
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this rare and delicate, early portrait
second state (of four)
printing clearly, with good, dark accents
trimmed to the platemark on three sides, into the blank subject above
a few small pale foxmarks and minor staining
generally in good condition
Sheet 60 x 62 mm.

Provenance

Ducs d'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen, Westphalia (Lugt 567); their sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1902 (and following days), lot 437 (sold with two others, including lot 127) (£ 1.4; to Gaiser)
With Knoedler & Co., New York (with their label on the backboard).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber A17130 in pencil verso and their label on the backboard).
Dr. Morton H. Maxwell (1924-2000); presumably acquired from the above; then by descent.

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 354; Hind 1; New Hollstein 5

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This is an early, delicately etched portrait of Rembrandt's mother, seen in profile. Curiously, this print and Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, a Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and Old Woman, etc. (see lot 127), were both in the collection of the Ducs d'Arenberg, and were offered in one lot at Christie's, London, on 14 July 1902. After 124 years, mother and son come together again, in these same rooms.

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