Lot 93
  • 93

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Man in an ArborĀ (B., Holl. 257; New Holl. 208; H. 194)
  • etching with drypoint
  • sheet: 74 by 55mm 2 7/8 by 2 1/8 in
Etching with drypoint, 1642, a good impression of this very rare subject, New Hollstein's only state

Provenance

Ex coll. J. Burleigh James (L. 1425)

Condition

Trimmed on the plate mark and fractionally within the subject at the right sheet edge and the lower left corner, in generally good condition, the upper right corner made up (affecting a few lines in the upper right corner of the background), the two left tips of the sheet made up, the lower right corner reattached, unframed.
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