Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe).

Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 155x208 mm; 6 1/8x8 1/4 inches, thread margins. Usitcke's first state (of 3). Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash/Fletcher 1). A very good, dark and well-inked "white sleeve" impression on cream laid paper with strong contrasts. Bartsch 67; Biörklund 52-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 67.