Woman with a High Headdress
| Reference: | S40257 |
| Author | Harmensz van Rijn detto REMBRANDT |
| Year: | 1631 ca. |
| Measures: | 58 x 71 mm |
| Reference: | S40257 |
| Author | Harmensz van Rijn detto REMBRANDT |
| Year: | 1631 ca. |
| Measures: | 58 x 71 mm |
Description
- EXTREMELY RARE -
Etching, circa 1631, without signature and date. A great example of the second state (whit the plate reduced from the original size of 72x71 mm), printed with tone on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, perfect conditions. According with Nowell-Ustike (that consider the "large" size as a trial proof) is the first, early, variant of the first state of the work, showing strong lines on the background.
Nowell-Ustike assigns the status of "RR+"; White & Boon [1969 358.II (under 'Prints attributed to Rembrandt'] list only two example of the first state or trail proof: British Museum and Rijksmuseum. Only 6 examples of the second state are known: British Museum, Rijksmuseum, Berlin KC, Cambridge FM, Paris BN, New York Morgan Library.
"Rembrandt etched this old woman twice, wearing different clothes. They seem to be somewhat impatient, impromptu studies. This is due not only to the loose etching style, but certainly also to the singular way in which both images are cropped. Rembrandt did this by applying varnish to some areas of the small copperplates on which he had already drawn. His reason for doing this can no longer be explaine" [Cat. Rijksmuseum, RP-P-OB-757].
A perfect example of this very rare work.
Bibliografia
Nowell-Ustike n. 358, I(e); White & Boon p. 168, II; New Hollstein Dutch 58-2(2); Bartsch 358-2(2); Hind 1923 83.II.
Harmensz van Rijn detto REMBRANDT (Leida 1606 - Amsterdam 1669)
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Born in Leiden, Holland in 1606, Rembrandt studied with Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh (1571-1638) and Pieter Lastman (1583-1633). By 1626 he was an independent painter, working in Leiden alongside Jan Lievens (1607-74), another pupil of Lastman.
In 1631 Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam where he painted portraits of wealthy merchants. Three years later, he married his first wife, Saskia, and by the end of the 1630s he had moved into a substantial house (now the Rembrandt House Museum). In 1642, the year Rembrandt completed The Nightwatch (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Saskia died.
By 1649, Hendrikje Stoffels had become his housekeeper and partner. Both Saskia and Hendrikje Stoffels posed for many paintings and sketches, often appearing as Susannah, Diana, Flora, Artemisa and other classical or Biblical figures. Rembrandt, however, was plagued by financial troubles and in 1656 his assets were made over to the courts, and many were sold. With his wife and son in financial control, Rembrandt continued to paint. Hendrikje died in 1663, his son Titus in 1668 and Rembrandt himself in 1669.
In his drawings, etchings and paintings, Rembrandt treated every subject: histories, landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, everyday scenes or sketches from nature. Rembrandt's biographer, Cornelis de Bie, praised his paintings, 'which enlighten every mind', and his etchings which are 'the very soul of life that lives therein'.
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Harmensz van Rijn detto REMBRANDT (Leida 1606 - Amsterdam 1669)
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Born in Leiden, Holland in 1606, Rembrandt studied with Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh (1571-1638) and Pieter Lastman (1583-1633). By 1626 he was an independent painter, working in Leiden alongside Jan Lievens (1607-74), another pupil of Lastman.
In 1631 Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam where he painted portraits of wealthy merchants. Three years later, he married his first wife, Saskia, and by the end of the 1630s he had moved into a substantial house (now the Rembrandt House Museum). In 1642, the year Rembrandt completed The Nightwatch (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Saskia died.
By 1649, Hendrikje Stoffels had become his housekeeper and partner. Both Saskia and Hendrikje Stoffels posed for many paintings and sketches, often appearing as Susannah, Diana, Flora, Artemisa and other classical or Biblical figures. Rembrandt, however, was plagued by financial troubles and in 1656 his assets were made over to the courts, and many were sold. With his wife and son in financial control, Rembrandt continued to paint. Hendrikje died in 1663, his son Titus in 1668 and Rembrandt himself in 1669.
In his drawings, etchings and paintings, Rembrandt treated every subject: histories, landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, everyday scenes or sketches from nature. Rembrandt's biographer, Cornelis de Bie, praised his paintings, 'which enlighten every mind', and his etchings which are 'the very soul of life that lives therein'.
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