REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606–1669)
Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume
Year
1638
Medium
Etching on laid paper, with a watermark, a good impression of New Hollstein’s second state (of four)
Dimensions
Plate 134 x 104 mm
Sheet 136 x 106 mm
Signed and dated
Signed and dated upper left on the plate: 'Rembrandt f 1638'.
Later pencil inscriptions on the verso, upper left: '9918 25D', centre: '25', lower centre: 'B.20', 'H.156', 'only state', 'R.474', '2', '10/6'
£15,500.00
Provenance
The Carlyon Family, Tregrehan House, Cornwall; probably acquired by Thomas Carlyon (circa 1755-1830) or William Carlyon (1781-1841);
then by descent to Tristram R. G. Carlyon (1877-1957);
sold en-bloc with most of the Rembrandt collection to Colnaghi by the executors in 1958;
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber R. 483 in pencil verso);
Private collection, London.
then by descent to Tristram R. G. Carlyon (1877-1957);
sold en-bloc with most of the Rembrandt collection to Colnaghi by the executors in 1958;
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber R. 483 in pencil verso);
Private collection, London.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 20; Hind 156; New Hollstein 170
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