May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An Arched Print.

Etching and drypoint, 1657-58. 125x160 mm; 5x61/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's fourth state (e) (of 5), with the horizontal scratch across the spire in the background printing strongly; White and Boon's third state (of 3). A superb, dark impression with strong contrasts and warm plate tone. Bartsch 70; Biörklund 57-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 70.