Lot 83
  • 83

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • cottages and farm buildings with a man sketching (b., holl. 219; h. 213; bb. 45-2)
  • 129 by 208mm; 5 1/16 by 8 3/16 in
Etching, circa 1645, a good impression of the only state, on paper with a Foolscap watermark, with thread margin at top, trimmed on or just within platemark elsewhere, a pen and ink borderline, small repairs at corners, occasional foxmarks, other minor defects

Provenance

Ex coll. R. Houlditch (L. 2214);  Felix Hupka (not in Lugt); and from the Alphonse Legros collection according to an inscription in pencil verso (see L. 1712, 140a, 894b-c)