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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
- the blindness of tobit (b., holl. 42; h. 252; bb. 51-d)
- 160 by 125mm; 5 7/8 by 4 7/8 in
Etching, 1651, a very fine impression of the first state (of two), a crisply-printed impression with effective wiping and warm platetone, with many horizontal wiping scratches, on paper with a Seven Provinces watermark, with good margins, a few thin spots at edges of sheet, otherwise in good condition
Provenance
Ex coll. Sir F. Seymour Haden (see L.1227), R. Fisher (see L.2204), his sale Sotheby's London 23 May 1892, lot 765 (bought by Gutekunst), J. R. Ritman (not in Lugt)
Catalogue Note
Inscribed in lower margin in pen and brown ink 'To Richard Fisher Esqr.- a print of no value - but certainly one of the best of Rembrandts works. S Haden'
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910) was a surgeon, an amateur etcher, Whistler's brother-in-law and a great connoisseur of Rembrandt etchings. He wrote the catalogue of the celebrated Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition in 1877 and lent many of his finest impressions. Lugt praises Seymour Haden for his exceptional eye for quality.