Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Peasant with his Hands Behind his Back.

Etching, 1631. 60x51 mm; 2 3/8x2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fifth state (e) (of 5); White and Boon's fourth state (of 4). Ex-collection Adalbert von Lanna (Lugt 2773, verso); and unknown collector, indiscernible ink stamp verso. A very good impression of this scarce, early print.

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