Nov 02, 2023 - Sale 2651

Sale 2651 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right: The Artist's Father (?).

Etching and drypoint, 1630. 105x86 mm; 4 1/8x3 3/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (of 7); New Hollstein's fourth state (of 6). A very good, dark impression before the Basan rework with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear.

Provenance: Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire (Lugt 522, verso).

Bartsch 321; Biörklund 30-F; Hollstein (White and Boon) 321; New Hollstein 57.