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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Lot 182

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece

Closed9 December 2015

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece
etching with drypoint, 1651, on laid paper, countermark Letters PEH (Hinterding b-b), a very good impression of New Hollstein's sixth state (of ten), printing clearly and strongly, with good contrasts and no wear, with thread margins, some grey wash at upper right, the sheet very thinly backed, otherwise in very good condition
P. 127 x 110 mm., S. 130 x 112 mm.

Dr. F. Pokorny (mid 19th century), Vienna (L. 788); probably his sale, Montmorillon, Munich, 13 February 1865.

Specialist note

Still during his lifetime, a number of Rembrandt’s plates came into possession the print dealer Clement de Jonghe, including the plate of The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece. The countermark PEH present on this sheet or the related watermark Fool's Cap with seven-pointed Collar (D.a.) occurs only on impressions of four of Rembrandt's plates, all of which date from the 1650s and were later owned by Clement de Jonghe. The impressions on this paper are all of good quality and with strong contrasts and were printed by de Jonghe, perhaps in the late 1650s or early 1660s, but in any event before his death in 1677.

For a detailed discussion of Clement de Jonghe's impressions and their watermarks, please see: Erik Hinterding, Rembrandt as an Etcher - Catalogue of Watermarks and Appendices, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2006, vol. II, p. 417 ff.