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Lot 31
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Three Trees (B., Holl. 212; H. 205; BB. 43-B)
  • etching with drypoint
  • Sheet: 209 by 277mm; 8ΒΌ by 10 7/8 in
Etching with drypoint, 1643, a very good, early impression of this rare and attractive subject, before the horizontal scratch above the tower, printing with sulphur tinting and burr, with contrasts, on paper with a Foolscap watermark

Provenance

An unindentified collector's mark (possibly Barra Blaisot, L. 263)

Condition

Trimmed on or just within the platemark, a circa 15mm repaired tear at upper right corner, a few minor repairs at edges of the sheet with occasional touches of pen and ink, some very pale fox marks, remains of a light pencil numbering at lower left corner recto, thin areas at left (mainly visible verso), a vertical central fold (mainly visible verso), pale paper discoloration, framed.
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