‘LA JUIVE FIANCEE – GRAVE D’APRES LE TABLEAU ORIGINAL DE REMBRANDT TIRE DU CABINET DE MONSIEUR LE COMTE DE KAMCKE (…)’

– Half-length portrait of a young woman in elaborate dress and jewelry leaning from a window ledge, after Rembrandt’s so-called “Jewish Bride”.

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Description

Medium: Heliogravure / photogravure on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 18.2 x 23.2 cm (7.17 x 9.13 inch). Image size: 18.2 x 23.2 cm. (7.17 x 9.13 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Minor handling wear, good margins, clear impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

REMBRANDT, JEWISH BRIDE, PORTRAIT, GEORG FRIEDRICH SCHMIDT, 18TH-CENTURY PRINTS, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, GERMAN PRINTMAKING | PCO-E22-17

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Similar to the British Museum entry (1838,1215.298); etching after a painting then attributed to Rembrandt.

Reference: Crayen 1789 (128), Wessely 1887 (189).

Biography engraver: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775), German engraver active in Berlin and Paris, known for his refined portraits and reproductive prints after Old Masters.

Biography artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter and etcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.