REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 Leiden – 1669 Amsterdam |
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| Portrait of Clement de Jonghe. |
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| Etching, burin and drypoint. 1651 |
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Signed and dated in the plate “Rembrandt f. 1651”
A brilliant early impression with burr.
Watermark; Foolscap with five pointed collar (Hinterding K.h.). Around 1651. |
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Condition; There seems to have been an incident at the left side.
Maybe this happened while taking this print out of an album.
C. 5mm. inside the borderline a cut is visible verso. A strip of paper has been used to strengthen this part.
Provenance; The Muller Albums. Maybe no.11 of the Aucion “Papier –konst. (Amsterdam 14 February 1702). The album bound in white parchment “Een boek met het Werk van Rembrandt, daaronder de allerraarste Conterfeytzels, en eenige Tekeningen van Muller.”
The mark, a circle and triangle in red chalk on the verso, is illustrated in Print Quarterly Vol, XI, number 4. December 1994. Page 359. |
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| The history and contents of the albums is described in the article by J.P. Filedt Kok, Eric Hinterding and Jan van der Waals “Jan Harmensz. Muller as Printmaker II. During the seventeenth century the Muller albums were kept together and added to by Muller’s brother in law Cornelis Dirksz. Cool and his son. |
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| We do not know who bought the albums in 1702. However there is a large group in the Amsterdam Prentenkabinet, coming from the Baron van Leyden collection and a group in the British Museum. We know that this group was in the Verstolk van Soelen collection. |
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The other collectors mark is that of Dr. August Sträter (1810 – 1897) (Lugt 787) who according to lugt bought at the Verstolk van Soelen sale.
Reference; Bartsch 272, White Boon (Hollstein) 272. 4(VI), Nowell-Usticke 272.4(IX) |
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