REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

A Scholar in his Study (Faust)

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
A Scholar in his Study (Faust)
etching with engraving and drypoint, circa 1652, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good impression of the fourth state (of seven), trimmed on or just inside the platemark, with thread margins in places, in very good condition, framed
Plate & Sheet 210 x 162 mm.
Provenance
Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Karl Graf von Lepell (1755-1826), Germany (Lugt 1672); bequeathed to Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia; kept in the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; in 1835 transferred to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 234).
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein; Hind; New Hollstein 270
Special Notice
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