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Adam and Eve
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Adam and Eve
etching with touches of drypoint, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the second, final state, printing very sharply, with great contrasts and without any wear, with all characteristics of a very early impression such as the tiny flecks of burr on Eve's nose and around Adam's eye and groin, with thread margins, two tiny repairs at the lower sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 163 x 117 mm mm., Sheet 165 x 118 mm.
Adam and Eve
etching with touches of drypoint, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the second, final state, printing very sharply, with great contrasts and without any wear, with all characteristics of a very early impression such as the tiny flecks of burr on Eve's nose and around Adam's eye and groin, with thread margins, two tiny repairs at the lower sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 163 x 117 mm mm., Sheet 165 x 118 mm.
Provenance
Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Bonn (Lugt 1383); his posthumous sale, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 28 April 1856 (and following days), lot 60 (Rth. 41,-).
G. F. A. Schreiber von Cronstern (1783-1869), Nehmten, Schleswig-Holstein; then by descent.
Christie’s, London, Important Old Master Prints from a German Family of Title - Part II, 18 June 1992, lot 128 (£16,500).
Acquired at the above sale by the current owner.
G. F. A. Schreiber von Cronstern (1783-1869), Nehmten, Schleswig-Holstein; then by descent.
Christie’s, London, Important Old Master Prints from a German Family of Title - Part II, 18 June 1992, lot 128 (£16,500).
Acquired at the above sale by the current owner.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 28; Hind 159; New Hollstein 168
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