Apr 29, 2014 - Sale 2347

Sale 2347 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Peasant in a High Cap, Standing Leaning on a Stick.

Etching, 1639. 82x46 mm; 3 1/4x1 7/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's only state (e), with the short diagonal scratch below the outstretched left hand, likely from the earlier P.F. Basan edition but before the other Basan and subsequent editions. A very good, dark and crisp impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 133; Biörklund 39-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 133.