Lot 5807* - ibid150 Old Master Prints & Drawings - online only - Wednesday, 02. April 2025, 10.00 AM
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
(Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
The beheading of John the Baptist. 1640.
Drypoint etching on laid paper.
Signed and dated in the plate on the lower margin: Rembrandt f. 1640.
Sheet size: 13.1 x 10.7 cm. Framed.
Provenance:
-Collection of D.G.de Arozarena (circa 1860), South American and Paris, Lugt 109.
Conditionreport:
Bartsch 92; Nowell-Ustick 92 IV; Hindering/Rutgers (New Holstein) 183 III (of III). - With a small margin around the clearly visible plate edge. A professionally restored vertical tear in the garment of the hangman. Three tiny closed holes within the image. Verso with insignificant residue from mounts and a small number of annotations in pencil. CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Sold for CHF 3 625 (including buyer's premium)