A sleeping Puppy (B., Holl. 158; H. 174)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A sleeping Puppy (B., Holl. 158; H. 174)
etching with drypoint, circa 1640, third, final state, after the reduction of the plate, a good impression of this rare, lightly bitten print, still with a little burr to the top right, trimmed on or just outside the platemark, the tip of the lower right corner made up, an area of skinning on the reverse and remains of old adhesive along the upper sheet edge
P., S. 39 x 81 mm.

Provenance

G. Björklund (L. 1138c).
Viscount Downe (L. 719a).

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Lot Essay

Given the delicacy of the etching the edition must have been small, which is corroborated by the fact that this print is extremely rare. In the first state the plate was somewhat larger, with blank areas to the left and below. In the second and third states the plate was reduced, thereby giving the impression that the dog is confined in a small kennel or box.

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