Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Diana at the Bath
Künstler
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden - Amsterdam 1669
Weitere Informationen
Bartsch 201; White/Boon 20; Hinterding/Rutgers (The New Hollstein) 89 only state.
Provenienz
Franz Rechberger, (1771–1843), painter, engraver and curator of the von Fries Collection and the Albertina, Vienna, verso with the written mark, dated 1798 (Lugt 2133);
Ch. Jacquin, (first half of the 20th century), Paris, verso with the collector's mark (Lugt 1397a).
Ch. Jacquin, (first half of the 20th century), Paris, verso with the collector's mark (Lugt 1397a).
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Beschreibung
A very fine, early lifetime impression of this scarce etching; without any traces of the usual wear. Trimmed on or just within the platemark on the left edge.
The depiction of ‘Diana in the Bath’ shows the goddess in a moment of quiet seclusion, captured between movement and stillness. As a full-length female nude, she sits with her feet in the water, her body turned to the left, whilst her head faces the viewer. This subtle turn creates a tension-filled duality of withdrawal and presence: Diana is simultaneously lost in thought yet exposed to the gaze. The goddess, traditionally understood as the guardian of the wilderness and the embodiment of chaste purity, is not idealised or etherealised here, but transformed into a sensually perceptible, almost tangible reality. – A few tiny brown spots; traces of a former mount on the reverse; otherwise in very good condition.
The depiction of ‘Diana in the Bath’ shows the goddess in a moment of quiet seclusion, captured between movement and stillness. As a full-length female nude, she sits with her feet in the water, her body turned to the left, whilst her head faces the viewer. This subtle turn creates a tension-filled duality of withdrawal and presence: Diana is simultaneously lost in thought yet exposed to the gaze. The goddess, traditionally understood as the guardian of the wilderness and the embodiment of chaste purity, is not idealised or etherealised here, but transformed into a sensually perceptible, almost tangible reality. – A few tiny brown spots; traces of a former mount on the reverse; otherwise in very good condition.