Christ at Emmaus: the larger plate 1654
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669
Christ at Emmaus: the larger plate 1654
etching and drypoint;
Bartsch 87, White/Boon second state (of three); Hind 282; The New Hollstein 283 second state (of five)
provenance
August Artaria, Vienna (Lugt 33);
his sale, Artaria & Co., Vienna, May 6–13, 1896, lot 534, described as superbe épreuve avec beaucoup de barbes. Rare.
Julius Rosenberg, Copenhagen (Lugt 1519 and 1520);
his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 1–2, 1901, lot 178, described as prachtvoller Abdruck des zweiten Zustandes, mit starkem Grat. … Aus Sammlung Artaria.
Dr. Julius Elischer von Thurzóbánya, Budapest (Lugt 824)
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stock no. in pencil on the verso C. 12793)
Percival Duxbury (1872–1945), Bredbury, Cheshire (acquired from the above in 1936)
Lilian Honor Lewis (by descent; d. 2013)
An extraordinarily fine very early impression, with substantial burr from the drypoint work added in this state. Subsequent states are posthumous.