Lot 41
  • 41

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-portrait in a Cap: Laughing (B., Holl 316; New Holl. 70; H. 34)
  • etching
  • sheet: 52 by 44mm 2 by 1 3/4 in
Etching and drypoint, 1630, a fine impression of this rare subject, the fifth state (of six), New Hollstein's ninth state (of thirteen)

Provenance

Ex coll. Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (L. 58); Hermann Weber (L. 1383), his sale, Leipzig (Weigel), 28 April and following days, 1856, lot 56; purchased from Harlow, Keppel and Co.; 'NN' (unidentified) (L. 1983); sale 'The Distinguished Collection of Rembrandt Etchings formed by Gordon W. Nowell Usticke', Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 31 October - 1 November 1967, lot 32, sold for £600

Condition

With thread margins, in good condition apart from a very small, pale brown stain at the upper left sheet edge, unframed.
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