Landscape with a Road beside a Canal (B., Holl. 221; H. 264)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Landscape with a Road beside a Canal (B., Holl. 221; H. 264)
etching, circa 1652, a very good impression of this extremely rare print, with touches of burr to the drypoint work throughout and the fine vertical scratches in the sky indicative of an early impression, countermark WK (cf. A. & F. WK' a) trimmed on or just inside the platemark, in very good condition
P., S. 78 x 212 mm.

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Lot Essay

This print and Clump of Trees with a Vista (lot 260) are the only landscapes Rembrandt executed entirely in drypoint. The technical directness and the detailed observation of the farmstead raise the possibility that the print was executed en plein air. Gersaint has suggested that Rembrandt took prepared copper plates with him into the countryside, and the ease with which drypoint can be used suggests this might have been feasible. Perhaps he used the same method for this prints as for Clump of Trees with a Vista: working on the main elements of the composition from life, then revising and enhancing it further when back in the studio.

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