PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT FAMILY COLLECTION
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Triumph of Mordecai
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Triumph of Mordecai
etching with drypoint, circa 1641, on laid paper, watermark fragment Pendant Initials 4WR (Strasbourg Bend or Lily), a very fine impression of New Hollstein's third state (of four), printing with much burr on the figures and the architecture to the left and at the extreme right, with narrow margins, a pinpoint rust spot on Mordecai's lip, generally in very good condition
Plate 173 x 215 mm.
Sheet 177 x 218 mm.
The Triumph of Mordecai
etching with drypoint, circa 1641, on laid paper, watermark fragment Pendant Initials 4WR (Strasbourg Bend or Lily), a very fine impression of New Hollstein's third state (of four), printing with much burr on the figures and the architecture to the left and at the extreme right, with narrow margins, a pinpoint rust spot on Mordecai's lip, generally in very good condition
Plate 173 x 215 mm.
Sheet 177 x 218 mm.
Provenance
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey; Christie's, New York, 11 May 1993, lot 36 ($17.000).
Christie's, London, 31 March 2010, lot 55.
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Christie's, London, 31 March 2010, lot 55.
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 40; Hind 172; New Hollstein 185
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