Landscape with a Cow

Rembrandt Van Rijn

131347 Rembrandt Van Rijn Landscape with a Cow Drinking ca. 1650 B., Holl. 237; H. 240; BB 50-I 4 1/16'' x 5'' plate size 12 7/8" x 9 3/4" sheet size Etching on Ingres d'Arches off-white laid paper (watermark) with large margins. The second state according to Bjorklund, the sixth state according to Nowell-Eusticke. A 20th/21st Century impression printed by Marjorie Van Dyke. From the 'Millennium' edition limited to 2500 examples. This superbly printed etching with delicate dry-point line work and selective wiping was pulled from the original plate as created by Rembrandt around 1650. The plate, formerly in the collection of Dr. Robert Lee Humber (along with 77 other original Rembrandt etching plates) had been on loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C. since the early 1960's. Upon Dr. Humber's death in 1970, his heirs sold the collection of plates to museums throughout the world, and a select group of private collectors in 1993. The late master printer, Emiliano Sorini spent two years proofing the plate for this etching and along with Marjorie Van Dyke carefully studied various states and proofs of the etchings created from the plate of "Landscape with a Cow Drinking." This experience provided Ms. Van Dyke, who eventually took over the project, the knowledge and insight to create impressions from the copper plate and gave her direct observation of the dry-point and burin lines, burrs and subtle nuances of the copper plates that Rembrandt had etched.. In creating this impression, Ms. Van Dyke commented, "Because of Rembrandt's mastery of the chiaroscuro technique imparted to him by the work of Caravaggio, careful attention has been paid to the lights and darks of the copper plates to avoid any over-wiping which may render the images more stark than Rembrandt intended…. I feel as though we have been granted an opportunity to conduct a dialog with Rembrandt, and have adhered faithfully to Rembrandt's intent, vision and printing technique." Consequently, as a result of the expertise and delicate and painstaking work of Ms. Van Dyke and Emiliano Sorini, this impression surpasses in richness, quality and subtlety the impressions pulled from the plate in the last two centuries by the previous owners. It is believed that in this peaceful pastoral image, Rembrandt combined the landscape in the foreground from the surrounding countryside of Amsterdam with a series of mountains in the distance taken from a location hundreds of miles from Amsterdam. To achieve the atmospheric quality found in "Landscape with a Cow Drinking" Rembrandt employed very delicate line work created with a fine etching needle. Around the time of the creation of this etching plate (ca. 1650), Rembrandt's financial status began deteriorate and grow desperate, and he was unable to make his mortgage and tax payments any longer. Scholars often suggest that this etching and other landscapes of the period may reflect his desire to be transported to peaceful and idyllic places far away from the troubles in his life.

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131347

Size

4" x 5"

Medium

ETCHING

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