Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Student at a Table by Candlelight.

Etching, circa 1642. 148x135 mm; 5 1/2x5 3/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (e-i) (of 3), before the outline of the right edge of the candle flame and before the mezzotint additions. The letter V or W counter mark. A superb, dark and richly-inked impression with all the subtle tonal variations and shaded forms distinct, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 148; Biörklund 42-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 148.