May 03, 2007 - Sale 2112

Sale 2112 - Lot 231

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An Arched Print.

Etching and drypoint, 1657-58. 125x160 mm; 5x6 1/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's fourth state (e) (of 4), with the horizontal scratch across the spire in the right background still printing clearly and with traces of burr on the woman's hair; White and Boon's third state (of 3). A superb, richly-inked and dark impression with strong contrasts and warm plate tone. Bartsch 70; Biörklund 57-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 70.