Landscape with a Milkman (B., Holl. 213; H. 242)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Landscape with a Milkman (B., Holl. 213; H. 242)
etching with drypoint, circa 1650, a very fine impression of the first state (of two), with considerable burr and vertical wiping marks throughout the sky, with a fragment of a Strasbourg Lily (?) watermark, comparatively wide margins, a short, soft crease in the sky, unobtrusive remains of old adhesive at the sheet edges verso, otherwise in very good condition
P. 65 x 175 mm., S. 76 x 195 mm.

Provenance

J. Barnard (L. 1419).
H. Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (L. 58).

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Lot Essay

Sir Christopher White has called this print 'One of the most perfect representations of the scenery around Amsterdam.' It also marks a technical advance by being the most successful integration of drypoint within an etched structure, something Rembrandt had struggled to achieve hitherto. Incidentally, the figure has been identified not as a milkman but a fisherman, returning with a catch of herring - a sight Rembrandt would have encountered on his walks around the city.

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