?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN A Peasant Calling out 'tis vinnich hout'; A Peasant replying 'dats niet'.
Two etchings, 1634. Both approximately 110x40 mm; 4 3/8x1 5/8 inches. Both ex-collection unknown collector, ink stamp initials versos (not in Lugt). Superb, dark and evenly-printed impressions of these extremely scarce etchings, with strong contrasts
Loosely translated, the peasant on the left says, "Damned cold" and the peasant on the right replies, "Call that cold?" This exchange is a unique example of the only true companion pieces among Rembrandt's œuvre.
According to Usticke, "Very scarce (RR)." We have found only 5 other pairs at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch 177; Biörklund 34-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 177.
