Guido Reni (1575-1642)
Lot 142 Property from a Private English Collection

Guido Reni (1575-1642)

The Holy Family with a Scriptural Scene in the Background

Closed9 December 2015

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Guido Reni (1575-1642)
The Holy Family with a Scriptural Scene in the Background
etching, circa 1590-1610, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine, early impression of the first state (of two), before letters, printing with many vertical wiping marks and a light plate tone, with narrow margins, in very good condition, window-mounted; with The Holy Family with two Angels, by the same hand, etching, circa 1600-40, on laid paper, with an unidentified watermark fragment, a very good impression of the second, final state, with the artist's address, with wide, slightly irregular margins, in very good condition; with The Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph in the Background, by the same hand, etching, circa 1600-1613, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of the second state (of four), with the publisher Nico van Aelst's address, trimmed to or just inside the platemark but outside the borderline, thread margins in plates, in very good condition; all framed

P. 232 x 150 mm., S. 234 x 153 mm. (B. 9)
P. 221 x 151 mm., S. 255 x 185 mm. (B. 10)
P., S. 200 x 141 mm. (B. 1)
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Weld Family Collection; Ince Blundell, Lancashire, later Lulworth, Dorset; Christie's, London, 30 June 1976, lots 184 & 186. (B. 9 & 10)
Estate of Wynne Jeudwine, London, 1984. (B. 1)