May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 78

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Abraham Francen, Apothecary.

Etching, circa 1657. 156x208 mm; 6 1/8x8 1/4 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's tenth state (of 10); Usitcke's seventh state (of 9); White and Boon's tenth state (of 10). A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts and with burr on the left side of the window frame behind Francen, on the upper part of the chair and on the objects on the table. Bartsch 273; Biörklund 57-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 273.