May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 27,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael.

Etching and drypoint, 1637. 127x96 mm; 5x3 3/4 inches, small margins. Usticke's only state (e) (of l), with burr on the right side of Abraham's turban and the delicate horizontal wiping scratches. A superb, dark and early impression of this very scarce etching, with all the details distinct and with no sign of wear, consistent witht he earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 30; Biörklund 37-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 30.