Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Peasant with his Hands behind his Back.

Etching, 1631. 60x50 mm; 23/8x2 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fifth state (of 5); White and Boon's fourth state (of 4). Ex-collection unknown collector, violet ink stamp with the initials R. D. verso (not in Lugt). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. 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.