Lot 28
  • 28

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill (B., Holl. 21; New Holl. 171; H. 168)
  • etching
  • plate: 205 by 163mm 8 1/8 by 6 3/8 in
  • sheet: 208 by 165mm 8¼ by 6½in
Etching, 1639, a very good impression of the second (final) state, on paper with a Foolscap watermark

Provenance

Ex coll. Emile Louis Vernier (L. 2489a); an indistinct collector's mark; Sotheby's London, Elton John Volume IV: Diverse Collections, 8th September 1988; acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

With narrow to thread margins, in good condition apart from a tiny repaired paper loss at lower left corner (on the platemark), a few thin areas at corners and sheet edges (mainly visible verso), a few minute unobtrusive fox marks, a pin hole at centre above, a central horizontal fold (visible verso), unframed.
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