Apr 25, 2012 - Sale 2277

Sale 2277 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right (The Artist's Father ?)

Etching, 1630. 102x84 mm; 4 1/8x3 3/8 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (of 6), with the diagonal stroke across the right ear still printing strongly; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Ex-collection Charles Favet, dated 1865 in ink (Lugt 920, verso). A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 321; Biörklund 30-F; Hollstein (White and Boon) 321.