Lot 77
  • 77

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | Three Heads of Women: One Lightly Etched (B., Holl. 367; New Holl. 162; H. 153)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Three Heads of Women: One Lightly Etched (B., Holl. 367; New Holl. 162; H. 153)
  • smallest sheet (New Holl. 229): 80 by 65mm 3 1/8 by 2 1/2 in
  • largest sheet (New Holl. 196): 135 by 102mm 5 3/8 by 4in
Etching, 1637, a good, delicate impression of New Hollstein's third (final) state; with Man in a Coat and Fur Cap Leaning Against a Bank (New Holl. 48), etching, circa 1630, New Hollstein's third (final) state; with Man Drawing From a Cast (New Holl. 192), etching, circa 1641, New Hollstein's fourth state (of six); with Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick (New Holl. 229), etching and drypoint, 1646, New Hollstein's second state (of five); with Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: An oval plate (New Holl. 196), etching and drypoint, circa 1641, New Hollstein's third (final) state; and The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece (New Holl. 216), etching and drypoint, circa 1644, New Hollstein's seventh state (of nine), two framed

Provenance

New Holl. 162: Ex coll. Samuel von Festetits (L. 926) New Holl. 229: Ex coll. Richard Houlditch junior (L. 2214), his inkstamp recto

Condition

New Holl. 162: One Lightly Etched: Trimmed approx. 12mm in height and 10mm in width, with occasional losses at sheet edges, sheet edges verso backed with thin strips of wove, the lower right corner reattached (measuring approx. 5mm), scattered areas of paper thinning (broken through in places), a small backed loss at sheet centre, an area of thinning between the two figures at right backed, unframed. New Holl. 48: With narrow margins, in good condition, framed. New Holl. 192: With wide margins, in good condition, a vertical paper split along the left plate mark (measuring approx. 20mm), framed. New Holl. 229: With narrow margins at right and below, trimmed unevenly on the platemark at left, trimmed approx. 4mm into the blank area of the subject above, in good condition, framed. New Holl. 196: Trimmed on or just within the plate mark (slightly unevenly), in good condition, a small abrasion in the foreleg of the horse at lower right, a small area of paper splitting at upper right sheet edge, unframed. New Holl. 216: Trimmed to or just within the plate mark, the sheet backed, a minute surface loss at right and at extreme upper sheet edge, unframed.
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