Griffonnements separes par une ligne au milieu de la planche
German title:
Angefangenes Studienblatt mit einem Bauernpaar
Dutch title:
–
New Hollstein:
260
Etching. Ca. 1651. Size: 45 x 75 mm. Surface: 34 cm2.
Not signed, not dated.
Copper Plate
The plate was not part of any of the major, early collections and is probably not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2025): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstein – 2013): extremely rare Early: 4 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): O-, an unobtainable rarity
Description
Most authors date the print much earlier, around 1634, Middleton even 1628.
Hinterding pointed at the fact that Rembrandt started using Oriental paper, on which all four known impressions are printed, in 1647.
Copies
There is a copy in the same direction by Flameng in the catalogue of Blanc 1859-61, p. 355 (46 x 73 mm, WB)
Attributions and reviews
The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Coppier, Rovinsky and Singer.
Münz considers it an unfinished work by van Vliet.
States
All authors list one state only.
Prints and collections
There are only four impressions of this etching known, on Japanese paper in the Rijksmuseum and the Bibliothèque Nationale and on Chinese paper in the British Museum and the Fondation Custodia (Lugt Collection) in Paris.
Literature
H 117, BB 34-3, G 340, M 1, Mz 306, RA 981, Cl 363, W 367, Bl 123, Du 361, CD 93 Hinterding (2008), p.
