Old Master Prints

Old Master Prints

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. GARDEMANN

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Bust of an Old Man with a Fur Cap and Flowing Beard, Nearly Full Face (B., Holl. 312; New Holl. 82; H. 49)

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Lot Closed

December 8, 02:35 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

1606 - 1669

Bust of an Old Man with a Fur Cap and Flowing Beard, Nearly Full Face (B., Holl. 312; New Holl. 82; H. 49)


Etching and engraving, circa 1631, a fine impression of this very rare, lightly etched subject, New Hollstein's second (final) state, on laid paper without watermark, framed

plate: 60 by 54mm 2⅜ by 2⅛in

sheet: 68 by 60mm 2⅝ by 2⅜in

Ex coll. British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, collection J. Sheepshanks (L. 300, 305, 2333); with Galerie Rumbler, Frankfurt, acquired from the above by the late Dr. Gardemann, thence by descent