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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

Details

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1656, without watermark, a good but slightly later impression of the second/ third state (of five), showing some wear, with touches of graphite, with 7 - 10 mm. margins, in very good condition
P. 195 x 149 mm., S. 213 x 161 mm.

Provenance

Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de-accessioned in 2012.

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 276; Hind 290; New Hollstein 293

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Lot Essay

It appears that New Hollstein's second and third states are indeed identical and that the inscription underneath the window and the barely legible one in the densely worked area at lower right were in fact engraved at the same time. What we do know with certainty is that François Lutma's address at lower right had been added in Rembrandt's lifetime, since he outlived François by five years.

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