The Hundred Guilder Print

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Hundred Guilder Print
ca. 1648.
Etching, engraving and drypoint on paper.
283 x 395 mm
RvR 115
NHD 239, II
Provenance: 
Sir William Knighton (1776-1836); T.J. Thomson (1st half of 19th century); Charles J. Palmer (d. 1867), London; William J. White (d. ca. 1870), London; Henry Brodhurst (ca. 1860), Dale Close and Mansfield; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Bibliography: 
Stampfle, Felice et al. Rembrandt, experimental etcher. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, no. 14.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over letters "4" and "WR", (Strasbourg lily).
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "AV" connected with horizontal bar. [Heawood 1721A].

Notes: 

Matthew 19.
In this brilliant impression on white paper, fine detail is unusually legible and the areas of heavy shadow especially transparent. (Boston 1969, no. 14)
Margins 2.5-3 mm

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