Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 92

Price Realized: $ 4,688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
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), before the minor scratches he describes and before the Basan and subsequent editions. Ex-collection Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Sands, pencil inscription verso (not in Lugt). A superb, dark and very crisp impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 133; Biörklund 39-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 133.