Reclining female Nude (‘La negresse couchée’)
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Reclining female Nude (‘La negresse couchée’)
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1658, on laid paper, countermark Letters DG (similar to Hinterding DG.a), a good impression of the fourth state (of six), showing some wear, with narrow margins
Plate 81 x 158 mm.
Sheet 86 x 162 mm.
Reclining female Nude (‘La negresse couchée’)
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1658, on laid paper, countermark Letters DG (similar to Hinterding DG.a), a good impression of the fourth state (of six), showing some wear, with narrow margins
Plate 81 x 158 mm.
Sheet 86 x 162 mm.
Provenance
Sir Byron Edmund Walker (1848-1924), Toronto.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, inventory number 1667 (with their labels and deaccession stamp on the mount); bequeathed by the above and received in 1926.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, inventory number 1667 (with their labels and deaccession stamp on the mount); bequeathed by the above and received in 1926.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 205; Hind 299; New Hollstein 308
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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