Apr 15 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2700 -

Sale 2700 - Lot 119

Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606 - 1669)
The Strolling Musicians.

Etching, circa 1635. 140x117 mm; 5½x4¾ inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (l) (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 3); New Hollstein's first state (of 3). Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash/Fletcher 1 H). A superb, dark, early and richly-inked impression with the faint horizontal scratches at the base of the woman's neck visible and little to no sign of wear. Bartsch 119; Biörklund 38-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 119; New Hollstein 141.