May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 32,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Abraham's Sacrifice

Etching and drypoint, 1655. 158x133 mm; 6 1/4x5 1/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's only state (e), with burr on Abraham's beard and on the upper outline of the angel's wing, consistent with early impressions of this subject. A brilliant, richly-inked, crisp impression of this important etching, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 35; Biörklund 55-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 35.