Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 422

Unsold
Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Abraham's Sacrifice.

Etching and drypoint, 1655. 158x133 mm; 6 1/4x5 1/4 inches. Usticke's only state (e), with strong burr on Abraham's beard and sash, on the dagger sheath, on the cloth at the center left edge of the plate and to the left and below the platter, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Trimmed on the plate mark. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression of this important etching. Bartsch 35; Biörklund 55-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 35.