May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 7,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Beggar Seated Warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish.

Etching, circa 1630. 78x46 mm; 3 1/8x1 7/8 inches. Biörklund's second state (of 2), with the shading on the bundle; Usticke's only state (e); New Hollstein second state (of 2). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, richly-inked impression of this very scarce, early etching, with strong contrasts.

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