Lot 60
  • 60

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | Joseph Telling his Dreams (B., Holl. 37; New Holl. 167; H. 160)

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Joseph Telling his Dreams (B., Holl. 37; New Holl. 167; H. 160)
  • sheet: 112 by 84mm 4 3/8 by 3 1/4 in
Etching, 1638, a very good impression of New Hollstein's third state (of six), printing with contrasts and clarity

Provenance

Ex coll. Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (L. 58)

Condition

With narrow to thread margins, in good condition apart from a short tear at lower left (measuring approx. 6mm), the extreme lower left tip of the sheet made up with a few touches of pen and ink, the extreme left sheet edge reinforced verso, very pale scattered fox marks, unframed. ('808' inscribed in pencil on Joseph's left arm).
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