28th Feb, 2018 11:00
The Picture Sale
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Circumcision in the stable, etching, 1654, 9.5 x 14.2cm
Notes: Bartsch 47; Hinterding & Rutgers (New Hollstein) 280, second state of five.
Provenance: With John Baskett, 173 New Bond St. London.
The late Mrs Joan Beale; previously on loan to the Ashmolean Museum.
A fine impression of the earliest state that survives in any numbers (24 are listed by Hinterding & Rutgers, including this one; the first state is only known in two impressions). This impression is cited by Hinterding & Rutgers when on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (L11056.16). The third state, still contemporary (though impressions were also printed after Rembrandt's lifetime), is relatively common (46 are listed), and the fourth and fifth states are posthumous reworks.
Sold for £8,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Circumcision in the stable, etching, 1654, 9.5 x 14.2cm
Notes: Bartsch 47; Hinterding & Rutgers (New Hollstein) 280, second state of five.
Provenance: With John Baskett, 173 New Bond St. London.
The late Mrs Joan Beale; previously on loan to the Ashmolean Museum.
A fine impression of the earliest state that survives in any numbers (24 are listed by Hinterding & Rutgers, including this one; the first state is only known in two impressions). This impression is cited by Hinterding & Rutgers when on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (L11056.16). The third state, still contemporary (though impressions were also printed after Rembrandt's lifetime), is relatively common (46 are listed), and the fourth and fifth states are posthumous reworks.
