May 03, 2007 - Sale 2112

Sale 2112 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
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.