Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 218 PROPERTY INHERITED FROM AN IMPORTANT GERMAN-AMERICAN COLLECTION

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Closed5 July 2022

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GBP 6,300

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
etching, 1635, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, lively impression of the first state (of four), with rich contrasts and touches of burr on the Saint's robe and right heel, with narrow to thread margins, in very good condition
Plate 95 x 85 mm.
Sheet 97 x 87 mm.

Frederik Ferdinand Hansen (1823-1916), Copenhagen (Lugt 2813); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2-4 May 1901, lot 445 ('Ausgezeichneter erster Abdruck des ersten Zustandes vor den feinen Arbeiten in den Schatten, z. B. bei dem Manne, welcher den Stein aufhebt. Mit Rändchen').
Unidentified, initial H in brown ink verso (not in Lugt).
Inscribed 'Colnaghi' in pencil verso.
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.