拍品 44
44
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Old Man with a flowing Beard

细节
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Old Man with a flowing Beard
etching
1630
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the second, final state
printing sharply, with good contrasts and a light plate tone
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 99 x 82 mm.
Sheet 104 x 87 mm.
来源
Six Collection (without mark, see Lugt 1539a; according to the Gutekunst catalogue of 1898); presumably Willem Six (1662-1733), Amsterdam, nephew of Rembrandt's patron Jan Six (1618-1700); presumably sold posthumously as part of his entire print collection, in one lot in 1734.
Presumably Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Dordrecht and Amsterdam (without mark and not in Lugt); acquired as part of the collection at the above sale.
With Arthur Pond (circa 1705-1758), London (without mark, see Lugt 2038); acquired from the above.
John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1419); his sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days), lot 366 ('very fine - with a copy') (£ 1.7; to Hibbert).
George Hibbert (1757-1837), London (Lugt 2849, recto); his sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 17 April 1809 (and following days), 15th day, lot 263 (with a copy and another print; 'very fine') (£ 13.6; to Philipe; probably for Grave).
With Robert Grave Sr. (before 1752-1802), London (without mark and not in Lugt); his posthumous sale, Thomas Dodd, London, 6 February 1810 (and following days), 11th day, lot 101 (with two others; 'very fine') (£ 1; to Lansdowne).
Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), London and Bowood House, Wiltshire (without mark and not in Lugt).
Sotheby’s, London, 14 May 1981, lot 642 (£6,913).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet verso); acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
出版
Bartsch, Hollstein 309; Hind 28; New Hollstein 63 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 131

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拍品专文

This bust belongs to the group of studies Rembrandt made around 1630. The etching is closely related to a number of chalk drawings of men with long beards and downcast eyes that Rembrandt and Jan Lievens (1607-74) made at this time, although none of them is demonstrably a direct preliminary study. Indeed, this print might have been etched from life. We can almost feel Rembrandt's concentration in getting the baggy eyes and sunken cheeks right, and then the joy in swiftly scribbling the wispy hairs on the head. Much of the beard is left blank, giving somehow the impression of substance, and creating a beautiful contrast of white agains the dark coat.
The sheet comes with an extraordinary provenance, going all the way back to the nephew of Rembrandt's patron Jan Six.

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