May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust.

Etching, 1631. 73x60 mm; 2 7/8x2 3/8 inches, narrow margins. Usticke's fourth state (of 4); White and Boon's third state (of 3). A superb, dark impression with all the fine lines printing clearly.

According to White and Boon, this plate was likely reworked by Van Vliet. Usticke lists this as, "A very scarce portrait (RR)." Bartsch 307; Hollstein (White and Boon) 307.