Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 50

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ at Emmaus: the Smaller Plate.

Etching and drypoint, 1634. 104x74 mm; 41/8x3 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 2). A superb, early impression with touches of burr throughout, noticeably on the head of the man standing in the shadows behind the table and on Christ's face, and with the very fine vertical lines between the dog's chest and the table leg printing clearly. Bartsch 88; Biörklund 34-K; Hollstein (White and Boon) 88.