395 - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606, Leiden – Amsterdam, 1669), Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife.

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606, Leiden – Amsterdam, 1669), Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife. Etching on laid paper. (1634). 9.6 x 12 cm (sheet). Bartsch 39; White/Boon 39 II (of II); Hinterding/Rutgers (The New Hollstein) 128 III (of IV). Provenance: Adolf Daniel Crakau (?– after 1888), Breslau, on the reverse with his collector’s stamp (Lugt 89); C. G. Boerner, Leipzig Art Auction; The L. S. Ruhl Collection: Comprising Watercolors and Engravings, Works in Copper, and Architectural Treatises, etc. Auction Catalog 45, Leipzig, C. G. Boerner, 1888, Lot 2467. Unidentified written collector’s mark “Rumpf?” on the reverse (not in Lugt); Unidentified collector’s stamp on the reverse (not in Lugt). A good, richly inked impression, showing the parallel diagonal lines in the upper right and before the horizontal lines in the lower right next to the bedpost. With narrow margins around the platemark. – A small backed paper loss in the upper left corner, outside the borderline; on the reverse, the paper is slightly abraded at the right margin; otherwise in good condition. Taxation: subject to differential taxation (VAT: Margin Scheme).