OEUVRE DE REMBRANDT, reproduced and published by AMAND-DURAN - Lot 57

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OEUVRE DE REMBRANDT, reproduced and published by AMAND-DURAN - Lot 57
OEUVRE DE REMBRANDT, reproduced and published by AMAND-DURAND. Paris, Amand-Durand, 45 rue d'Alesia . Georges Rapilly, 9 Quai Malaquais. THREE VOLUMS comprising 296 plates (out of 350) by pupils or engravers of Rembrandt's school or according to Rembrandt, including: self-portraits, religious and civil subjects, announcement to the shepherds, Flight into Egypt, Christ Preaching or the Little Tomb, the Synagogue, Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Resurrection of Lazarus (small pl.), Descent from the Cross (small pl.), Return of the Prodigal Son, St. Jerome, golf player, schoolmaster, beggar, the shell, models, bathers, naked man, woman bathing, landscapes, portraits, Cl.de Jonghe, A. Francen, J. Uytenbogaert, oriental heads, old man's head, head studies, mother of the artist etc... In sheets, mounted on cardboard with title and reference printed at the bottom right, most with the red stamp on the back of Amand-Durand (Lugt 2934). Green paper folder and garnet cardboard of the laced edition (slightly used) in each volume. Size: 49 x 34 cm. According to the information provided by Lugt, AMAND-DURAND (1831 1905), born in Cheny (Yonne) was the inventor of the highly perfected process of heliogravure allowing the careful reproduction of the works of the great masters. He began in 1869 with "Eaux-fortes et gravures des Maîtres anciens" (etchings and engravings of the Old Masters) which included 401 pieces under the direction of Georges Duplessis, curator of the Department of Prints at the National Library. This was followed by publications by Van Dyck (21 p.), Durer (108 p.), Potter (21 p.), Cl. Gellée (42 p.), Mantegna (27 p.), Ruisdael (12 p.), Schongaueur (117 p.), L. de Leyde (174 p.), A. Van Ostade (51 p.) and finally Rembrandt (350 p.). Amand -Durand thus found himself contributing to the masterful dissemination of the ancient masters through the process of heliogravure without intention to deceive, by giving a realistic
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