May 02, 2002 - Sale 1934

Sale 1934 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 6,210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: An Oval Plate<>.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1641. 136x102 mm; 5 1/2x4 1/8 inches, small to thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (l) (of 3), before the left to right diagonal shading in the space above Christ's head below the scroll; White and Boon's first state (of 2). A very good, early impression with subtle tonal variations, with the very fine diagonal shading lines in the background still printing and with inky, uncleaned plate edges. Bartsch 79; Biörklund 41-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 79.