May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 12,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp.

Etching, 1637. 95x82 mm; 3 5/8x3 1/4 inches, narrow margins. Usticke's first state (i-l) (of 2), before the Watelet rework. A superb, early impression with very strong contrasts and with all the fine lines in the beard and on the face distinct, with crisp plate edges. Bartsch 313; Biörklund 37-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 313.