$37,800
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Auction: July 18, 2023 1:00 PM EDT
Circa 1632. Etching and engraving on laid paper with watermark of Basilisk rampant over house with crozier in beak, dated to ca. 1647 (Fletcher & Ash 12 A’. a., not cited for this work), New Hollstein’s fifth state (of nine), with the two heads reworked by Rembrandt below the outstretched arm of the frightened man, with some minor wear in the densely shaded area, a lifetime impression comparing favorably to one of the same state in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Generally in very good condition, with narrow to generous margins (the area to the left and right of the arch untrimmed) and central horizontal fold (as is common), soft unobtrusive creasing throughout lower half of composition, two thinned areas at center and lower left corner
Plate size: 14 3/8 x 10 in. (36.5 x 25.4cm)
Sheet size: 14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in. (37.3 x 26.4cm)
[Bartsch/White & Boon 73; Biörklund 32-4; New Hollstein 113]
Provenance
Arthur Melville Champernowne (British, 1871-1946), Lugt 153 (per initials verso).
Collection of Dr. Beatrice Mintz, PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Note
Arthur Melville Champernowne was a reputable lawyer whose ancestors had already identified themselves as art connoisseurs and lovers; his great-grandfather Arthur Harington Champernowne, M.P. (1769-1819) owned a collection of paintings, sold at Christie's in 1820. Having inherited several Old Master oils and drawings from his parents, Champernowne also started a collection of Old Master prints, such as the present one. Prior to his famous February 1, 1911 single owner-sale at Sotheby's, Champernowne invited the British Museum to select works from its collection, which included a Guardi, Panini and Rosa.
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