Oct 31, 2006 - Sale 2091

Sale 2091 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bald Man with Open Mouth, Looking Down: Bust.

Etching and engraving, 1631. 64x56 mm; 2 1/2x2 1/4 inches, small margins. Usticke's second state (of 3); White and Boon's third state (of 4). Ex-collection Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (Lugt 58, verso); and Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383, verso). A superb impression of this extremely scarce print, with strong contrasts and crisp, inky plate edges. Bartsch 298; Hollstein (White and Boon) 298.