Lot 97
  • 97

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Naked Woman on a Mound (B., Holl. 198; New Holl. 88; H. 43)
  • Etching and engraving
  • sheet: 180 by 163mm 7 1/4 by 6 3/8 in
Etching with engraving, circa 1631, a very good impression of New Hollstein's second (final) state

Provenance

Ex coll. J.F. Linck (cf. L. 1685)

Condition

With thread margins, trimmed to the subject at the lower left sheet edge, in good condition apart from discoloration at the corners of the sheet, the upper corners possibly reinforced, a few tiny, unobtrusive brown (rust?) marks on the subject's face, two circular damp stains visible verso, framed. (A vertical printer's crease at right mostly visible verso), unframed.
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