Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Peasant with Hands Behind his Back.

Etching, 1631. 60x51 mm; 2 3/8x2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fifth state (e) (of 5); White and Boon's fourth state (of 4). A superb, early and richly-inked impression of this very scarce etching with strong contrasts and no sign of wear.

According to Usticke, "Very rare" (RRR). Bartsch 135; Biörklund 31-M; Hollstein (White and Boon) 135.