Vente aux enchères en direct 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 200PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Bust of a Man wearing a high Cap, three quarters right: The Artist's Father (?)

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Bust of a Man wearing a high Cap, three quarters right: The Artist's Father (?)
etching, 1630, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of third state (of six), printing strongly and without any wear, with a light plate tone, with thread margins or trimmed to the platemark in places, in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 102 x 84 mm.

Unidentified (early to mid-18th century), England or Netherlands (Lugt 2923b; see Stogdon, 2011, p. 375).
Possibly John Barnard (1709-1784), London (Lugt 1420; without mark); presumably to his daughter Ann.
Jan Chalon (1738-1795), Amsterdam, Paris and London (Lugt 439); presumably through marriage with Ann Barnard; then by descent to their daughter Carolina Susanna.
With Christiaan Josi (1765-1828), Amsterdam and London (see Lugt 573; without mark); through marriage with Carolina Susanna Chalon; sold as part of Chalon's collection of Rembrandt prints through Thomas Philipe, London, to R. Pole Carew.
Reginald Pole Carew (1753-1835), Torpoint, Cornwall (not in Lugt); his sale, Mr. Wheatley's, London, 13-15 May 1835, lot 326 (with another impression) (£ 5.5; to Rudge).
Edward Rudge (1763-1846), Abbey Manor, Evesham, Worchestershire, and London (see Lugt 900; without mark as is common); then by descent to his great-grandson John Edward Rudge (1903-1970); his sale, Christie's, London 16-17 December 1924, lot 296 (sold with B. 321 and counterproofs of the same - 'from the Carew's and Barnard Collections') (£12-12; to Macdonald).

Note du spécialiste

The present impression compares favourably to the two examples of the third state (inv. nos. 1843,0607.202 and 1843,0513.276) and is of similar printing quality as the first state impression (inv. no. 1843,0607.201) in the British Museum.