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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Abraham entertaining the Angels
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Abraham entertaining the Angels
etching and drypoint
1656
on firm and smooth, cream Japan paper
a brilliant, very tonal and atmospheric impression
suffused with rich, velvety burr and inky plate edges
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 160 x 131 mm.
Sheet 165 x 136 mm.
Abraham entertaining the Angels
etching and drypoint
1656
on firm and smooth, cream Japan paper
a brilliant, very tonal and atmospheric impression
suffused with rich, velvety burr and inky plate edges
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 160 x 131 mm.
Sheet 165 x 136 mm.
Provenance
Thomas Glen Arthur (1857-1907), Ayr, Scotland (without stamp; see Lugt 129); sold to Colnaghi & Obach.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach, London; acquired from the above before 1884.
Saint John Dent (d. circa 1884), London and Milton, Hampshire (Lugt 2373, very faint); acquired before 1884; his posthumous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 March 1884 (and following days), lot 812 ('on thick Japanese paper. Collection - Garle [sic]'). (£ 22; to Haden)
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 462 (£ 10; to Danlos).
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York (Lugt 1540); presumably acquired from the above.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C.454 in pencil verso, and their label on the backboard).
Private Collection, presumably acquired from the above.
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach, London; acquired from the above before 1884.
Saint John Dent (d. circa 1884), London and Milton, Hampshire (Lugt 2373, very faint); acquired before 1884; his posthumous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 March 1884 (and following days), lot 812 ('on thick Japanese paper. Collection - Garle [sic]'). (£ 22; to Haden)
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 462 (£ 10; to Danlos).
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York (Lugt 1540); presumably acquired from the above.
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C.454 in pencil verso, and their label on the backboard).
Private Collection, presumably acquired from the above.
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 29; Hind 286; New Hollstein 295
A. T. Eeles (ed.), Rembrandt Prints 1648-1658: A Brilliant Decade, University of San Diego, exh. cat., 2015, no. 37, p. 102-103.
A. T. Eeles (ed.), Rembrandt Prints 1648-1658: A Brilliant Decade, University of San Diego, exh. cat., 2015, no. 37, p. 102-103.
Exhibited
The Grolier Club, New York, Catalogue of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club of the City of New York, New York, April-May 1900, cat. no. 18, p. 16 ('Impression, full of bur, on Japan paper. From the St. John Dent and Seymour Haden Collections.')
University of San Diego, Rembrandt Prints 1648-1658: A Brilliant Decade, exh. cat., A. T. Eeles (ed.), 2015, no. 37, p. 102-103.
University of San Diego, Rembrandt Prints 1648-1658: A Brilliant Decade, exh. cat., A. T. Eeles (ed.), 2015, no. 37, p. 102-103.
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