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Lot 42
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Three Trees (B., Holl. 212; New Holl. 214; H. 205)
  • etching
  • Sheet: 213 by 281mm; 8 3/8 by 11 1/8 in
Etching with engraving and drypoint, 1643, a good impression of this rare and attractive landscape, with burr on the short horizontal scratch above the tower, printing with depth and contrast in the trees and lower foreground

Literature

Cynthia P. Schneider, Rembrandt's Landscapes, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990

Condition

With narrow to thread margins, trimmed to the platemark in places, in good condition apart from a few small tears and thin areas along edges of sheet, a few minute fox marks, a soft horizontal fold at upper right corner, glued to support mount at upper corners, framed.
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Catalogue Note

'In The Three Trees Rembrandt emphasizes the capricious power of nature (and his creator) over man.'