A portrait of Lodewijk Gerard van Renesse, the artist's father, seated at a table with a book in front of him.Signed on the bottom right: 'C.R. fe.' Lettered within image, above his right wrist, at left: 'CARenesse.' Usually, this impression comes with a text printed from another plate, here missing. Etching and dry needle on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 241 x 204 mm; state II/2; pasted down on another sheet of paper, browning paper, though nice impression; Hollstein 13; Wurzbach 5, Nagler 614.
Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, Netherlands
Young man in profile, turned towards the left. This print was formerly attributed to Rembrandt. Renesse was a pupil of Rembrandt, nevertheless this plate is also ambiguously attributed to him by the literature.This plate is rather exhausted, although very interesting as, in the process of printing, it might have slipped. Therefore the final result looks a bit out of focus. Still the deep scratches on the plate are still visible in this impression. Etching on paper, with some margin; plate mark: 97 x 63 mm, total: 122 x 92 mm; very exhausted impression, brown line on the right margin, slightly affecting the plate; mounted with top margin on cardboard; Hollstein (Rembrandt) B El. 30; Wurzbach 10 (as C. D. van Renesse).