May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 135

Price Realized: $ 18,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp.

Etching, 1637. 95x82 mm; 3 5/8x3 1/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 2), before the Watelet rework. A brilliant, crisp, early impression with v ery strong contrasts and with all the fine lines in the beard and on the face distinct, with no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 313; Biörklund 37-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 313.