| REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN 1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam SOLD |
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| The Flight into Egypt |
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Small plate
Etching, 1633.
Signed and dated lower centre “Rembrandt inventor et fecit 1633”
8.9 x 6.8 cm. With 4-8 mm. margin.
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Fine impression, excellent condition.
Impression on 17th century paper without watermark.
Provenance; King Ferdinand of Portugal (1806- 1885) (Lugt 968) Auction 1893, H. Weber (1817-1854) (Lugt 1383)
Auction 1856 (large collection of Rembrandt etchings.) |
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Litterature: Hollstein (White-Boon) 52. 1(II), New Hollstein (Hinterding-Rutgers) 117. 1(IV).
Nowell-Usticke 52 1(II). Very uncommon. |
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A rare print in this earlier impression. The uneven grain at the top, according to Nowell-Usticke due to sulphur-tinting, clearly visible. Rembrandt depicted the subject several times in 1651 and again in 1654. Rembrandt used the elaborate formal way of signing only for this print and The Good Samaritan of the same year.
Only the first state is considered to be completely by Rembrandt
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