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Philosopher with an Hour-Glass
细节
JAN LIEVENS (1607-1674), FORMERLY ATTRIBUTED TO REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Philosopher with an Hour-Glass
woodcut
circa 1630-40
on thin laid paper, without watermark
a good impression of this very rare little print
second, final state, before the complete loss of details on the skull and beard
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
a short vertical cut at lower left, a few other minor defects
generally in good condition
Block & Sheet 55 x 50 mm.
Philosopher with an Hour-Glass
woodcut
circa 1630-40
on thin laid paper, without watermark
a good impression of this very rare little print
second, final state, before the complete loss of details on the skull and beard
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
a short vertical cut at lower left, a few other minor defects
generally in good condition
Block & Sheet 55 x 50 mm.
来源
Possibly Jonathan Richardson Sr. (1667-1745), London (Lugt 2983; with a partially legible number in pen and brown ink).
Jonathan Blackburne (1721-1786), Hale Hall and Liverpool (see Lugt 2650b), inscribed and dated with initial P.S._1770 / no. ... in pencil (possibly referring to Paul Sandby, see Lugt 6294); his posthumous sale, Hutchins, London, 20 March 1786 (and following days), part of lot 872 (£ .15.65.6).
Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794-1865), Vienna (Lugt 271 and 1442); his posthumous sale, Posonyi, Vienna, 4 December 1865 (and following days), lot 788 ('Aeusserst seltener Holzschnitt. Coll Aylesford. (Gravure en bois)').
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (Lugt 119); his posthumous sale, Danlos fils & Delisle et G. Pawlowski, Paris, 16 April -12 May 1877, lot 1073 ('Extrêmement rare. Belle épreuve. Collection Böhm') (Fr. 210; to Rapilly).
Probably, Georges Rapilly (1863-1943), Paris (see Lugt 5931, without mark).
Unidentified, small circular collector's stamp (uninked, not identifiable in Lugt).
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Jonathan Blackburne (1721-1786), Hale Hall and Liverpool (see Lugt 2650b), inscribed and dated with initial P.S._1770 / no. ... in pencil (possibly referring to Paul Sandby, see Lugt 6294); his posthumous sale, Hutchins, London, 20 March 1786 (and following days), part of lot 872 (£ .15.65.6).
Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794-1865), Vienna (Lugt 271 and 1442); his posthumous sale, Posonyi, Vienna, 4 December 1865 (and following days), lot 788 ('Aeusserst seltener Holzschnitt. Coll Aylesford. (Gravure en bois)').
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (Lugt 119); his posthumous sale, Danlos fils & Delisle et G. Pawlowski, Paris, 16 April -12 May 1877, lot 1073 ('Extrêmement rare. Belle épreuve. Collection Böhm') (Fr. 210; to Rapilly).
Probably, Georges Rapilly (1863-1943), Paris (see Lugt 5931, without mark).
Unidentified, small circular collector's stamp (uninked, not identifiable in Lugt).
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
出版
Hollstein 107 (Lievens); Hind 354 (rejected as Rembrandt); Bartsch, Hollstein 318 (Rembrandt - as Lievens)
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