May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bald Old Man with a Short Beard, in Profile Right.

Etching, circa 1635. 58x45 mm; 2 1/2x2 inches. Usticke's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's second state (of 2). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. A very good, crisp and early impression of this scarce etching, with all the details distinct.

According to Biörklund, "The earliest impressions show very uneven plate edges, later they were made even and slightly bevelled." According the Usticke, "A very rare small sketch."

Provenance: Charles Delanglade, Marseille, ink stamp verso (Lugt 660).

Bartsch 306; Biörklund 35-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 306; New Hollstein 147.