Lot 61
  • 61

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Landscape with a Cottage and Large Tree (B., Holl. 226; New Holl. 199; H. 178)
  • Etching
  • sheet: 128 by 321mm 5 by 12 5/8 in
Etching and drypoint, 1641, a very good impression of the only state, printing with touches of burr in the lower right corner and delicate plate tone in the sky, only the slightest touches of wear in the dark hatching of the tree trunk, framed

Provenance

with Paul Prouté, Paris, France, 2006

Condition

Trimmed to or just within the subject, skilfully re-margined, the borderline made-up with pen and ink in places, touches of pen and ink making up the lost ends of hatchmarks along the edges of the print, except for the edges bordering the blank sky, the most noticeable re-touching forming grasses at the lower right corner, framed.
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