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The Art Institute of Chicago — public domain (CC0). Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection Source

61 Lot

Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 1606-1669

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

Date: 1641
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Plate/image: 14.3 × 11.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 11.4 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Inscription: Signed and dated in the plate
Department: Prints & Multiples

Estimate £90,000 – 140,000

Offered in Asian Art & Works on Paper, 20 October 2026

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A Under raking light

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Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

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Relief

Derived from this photograph by shape-from-shading, as a reading aid. A measured relief map requires photometric stereo and accompanies the full condition report.

B Catalogue note

Provenance

Private collection, Amsterdam
Acquired by the present owner

Literature

Bartsch 118; Hind 190

Condition

A fine impression of the second state, printing with burr. Thread margins, an old repaired tear at the upper right corner.

This is a summary. A full written condition report, with raking-light and ultraviolet photography, is issued on request and forms part of the description.

C In the same sale