Live Auction 11965Fifty Prints by Rembrandt van Rijn A Private English Collection
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Lot 49

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A Woman bathing her Feet at a Brook

Closed5 July 2016

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GBP 7,500

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A Woman bathing her Feet at a Brook
etching with drypoint, 1658, on 18th century laid paper, without watermark, a good, strong impression of New Hollstein's second, final state, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, some staining mainly visible verso, otherwise in good condition
Plate 158 x 78 mm., Sheet 161 x 80 mm.

With Colnaghi, London.
Acquired from the above, 28 February 1962 (£55).

Specialist note

One of the most charming and attractive depictions of a female nude in Rembrandt’s printed oeuvre, this print shows a woman seated in a secluded natural setting, as she calmly and seemingly unobserved, bathes her feet in a brook. Lifetime impressions of this print are very rare. The plate however was strongly etched and continued to print so pleasingly and with great contrasts that later impressions such as the present one were frequently considered early, until paper research revealed that most were printed in the early 18th century.