REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | LANDSCAPE WITH THREE GABLED COTTAGES BESIDE A ROAD (BARTSCH, HOLLSTEIN 217; NEW HOLLSTEIN 248; HIND 246)

Property from a Private Collection
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 - 1669
LANDSCAPE WITH THREE GABLED COTTAGES BESIDE A ROAD (BARTSCH, HOLLSTEIN 217; NEW HOLLSTEIN 248; HIND 246)

Etching and drypoint, 1650, a very fine, warm and atmospheric impression of New Hollstein's third (final) state, printing with rich burr and horizontal wiping marks in the sky, on paper with an indistinct watermark, unframed
sheet: 162 by 205mm 6⅜ by 8⅛in

Condition Report:
With narrow to thread margins and square corners, in good condition, a tiny supported tear at lower left, small areas of thinning along the left sheet edge, unframed.

(An uninked fibre in the trees at centre is inherent to the printing)

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Provenance:
George Hibbert (L. 2849), his stamp recto: sale London, T. Philipe, 17 April, 1809 and following days, 14th day, lot 185, £2.16.0 to Foster; Alfred Hubert (L. 130); presumably sale Paris, Drouot, 25-29 May, 1909, lot 724 (‘Magnifique épreuve très chargée de barbes, la marge est carrée. Très rare de cette qualité.’)