May 02, 2002 - Sale 1934

Sale 1934 - Lot 276

Price Realized: $ 16,100
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print)<>.

Etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1643-49. 279x388 mm; 11 1/8x15 1/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2), with the Baillie rework; Usticke's fifth state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 2). A good, dark impression, with the drypoint from Baillie's rework on the straw to the left of the woman's foot printing strongly. Ex-collection private collection, Christchurch, New Zealand, and private collection, Sydney. With a letter from the British Museum to the previous owner describing the state of the print and the Baillie rework. Bartsch 74; Biörklund 49-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 74.