Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 9,775
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Beggar Seated Warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish.

Etching, circa 1630. 78x46 mm; 31/8x17/8 inches, small to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2), with the shading on the bundle; Usticke's only state (e); White and Boon's second state (of 2). Ex-collection Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309, verso) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Lugt 282). A superb impression of this early print.

According to Usticke, "A scarce little print (R +)." Bartsch 173; Biörklund 30-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 173.