Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 124

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bearded Man in a Furred Oriental Cap and Robe: The Artist's Father.

Etching and drypoint, 1631. 128x113 mm; 5x4 1/2 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's third state (of 4); White and Boon's fourth state (of 4). The upper part of a foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19, which they cite for this subject). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. A very good impression of this scarce, early etching. Barstch 263; Biörklund 31-I; Hollstein (White and Boon) 263.