Lot Essay
A unique impression of the first state is at the British Museum, London.
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Old Man with a flowing Beard: Bust
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Old Man with a flowing Beard: Bust
etching
1631
on laid paper, without watermark
a good impression of this uncommon print
second, final state
printing with some dark accents but showing some wear
with a subtle plate tone and partial inky plate edges
a narrow margin at left, trimmed to or just outside the platemark elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 67 x 66 mm.
Old Man with a flowing Beard: Bust
etching
1631
on laid paper, without watermark
a good impression of this uncommon print
second, final state
printing with some dark accents but showing some wear
with a subtle plate tone and partial inky plate edges
a narrow margin at left, trimmed to or just outside the platemark elsewhere
generally in good condition
Sheet 67 x 66 mm.
Provenance
Albertina, Vienna, with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 5g); their sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 25-27 May 1925, lot 1194 ('Sehr schöner Abdruck, mit dem Plattenrand').
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber a66802 in pencil verso).
Private Collection, Detroit (according to Light).
With R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1986; then by descent to the present owners.
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber a66802 in pencil verso).
Private Collection, Detroit (according to Light).
With R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1986; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 315; Hind 48; New Hollstein 83 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 340
Stogdon p. 340
Brought to you by
Stefano Franceschi
Specialist