Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants (B., Holl. 279; H. 128)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants (B., Holl. 279; H. 128)
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1635, a good impression of the fifth state (of six), printing with burr on the curtain at right, with part of a Strasburg Lily watermark (c.f. A. & F. C.a.), on a rectangular sheet with wide margins, in very good condition, framed; with Jacques de Gheyn II, Portrait of Hugo Grotius (Holl. 246 I), engraving, 1599, first state, with narrow margins, generally in good condition, framed
P. 224 x 187 mm., S. 270 x 215 mm. (2)

Provenance

F. Quiring (L. 1041 c)

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Lot Essay

De Gheyn's portrait shows the Dutch humanist, theologian and one of the founders of natural rights theory, Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), at the age of 15. It was Grotius who wrote the eulogy on Jan Uytenbogaert, printed underneath this present work by Rembrandt.

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