REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - "Johannes... - Lot 16 - Eric Caudron

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REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - "Johannes... - Lot 16 - Eric Caudron
REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - "Johannes Wytenbogardus" (Jan Uytenbogaert, Arminian preacher). 1635. Original etching, drypoint and burin. Proof on wove paper, bearing on the verso the violet stamp of the sale "A.C Coppier, 2è vente, Drouot 11/06/08" Beaussant Lefèvre". Late print. Margins. "Johannes Uytenbogaert (1557-1644), preceptor of Frederick of Orange and minister of Prince Maurice, was in his time the most eminent theologian and preacher of the remonstrators, Calvinists who followed the doctrine of Arminius (Harmensen). [...] This is Rembrandt's first engraved portrait of a person who did not belong to his family. It is also his first official portrait, commissioned, perhaps, by the preacher himself or his followers, to be distributed to the members of the sect" (BNF). 26,5 x 21,3 cm. Condition A.
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