Lot 47
  • 47

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • a view of amsterdam from the north west (b., holl. 210; h. 176; bb. 40-4)
  • 112 by 153mm; 4 3/8 by 6 in
Etching, circa 1640, a fine early impression of this rare print, printing with delicate tone, on paper with a Basilisk watermark (Ash-Fletcher, p. 79 Aa), with narrow margins, small area of grey wash at grass in the foreground, inscribed 17 in brown ink at the upper right corner, thin areas at corners and along left edge of sheet verso, pinhole in landscape, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

Ex coll. Revd J. Burleigh James (L. 1425); M. Holloway (L. 1875); and from the Beckford collection, according to a note on verso