REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam SOLD |
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| The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. |
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Etching, drypoint and burin.
26,9 x 22,7 cm. Trimmed around the borderline.
Bartsch 44, Hollstein 44. 3(III), Nowel-Usticke 1st state (of 5), New Hollstein (Hinterding and Rutgers) 125. 3(VI). |
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Signed and dated “Rembrandt f. 1634”
Provenance; Arkady Nicolayevitch Alferoff (1811- 1872). His collection auctioned in München 1869.
Lugt mentions in particular a group of Rembrandt etchings. (Lugt 1727) |
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A very good impression with the landscape in the distance very visible. Restoration at the border right lower corner and along the border at the right.
Thin spots verso.
Watermark; Foolscap with five pointed collar. (Hinterding K.a.b.) |
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Among Rembrandt’s early prints this is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular. In the distance there is the landscape with the
buildings only really visible in the earlier impressions.
Celestial light strikes the amazed shepherds and their cattle. The Angel appears in the sky. It is the first of Rembrandt’s so called “dark prints”.
The strong contrasts makes us remember the prints of Hendrik Goudt after Adam Elsheimer, which could have been an inspiration for Rembrandt. |
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