Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller.

Etching and drypoint on thin cream laid paper, 1651. 208x161 mm; 8 1/4x6 3/8 inches, small margins. Biörklund's fifth state (of 6); Usticke's fifth state (of 9), before the re-shading of the triangular space in the chair above the sitter's left shoulder; White and Boon's fifth state (of 6). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts and all the delicate lines printing clearly. Bartsch 272; Biörklund 51-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 272.