Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
David at Prayer.

Etching, 1652. 143x94 mm; 5 3/4x3 3/4 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (i) (of 3), with the horizontal scratch across David's back showing distinctly; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Ex-collection Baumgartner (?) (Lugt 2900, verso); and unknown collector, probably Viennese (Lugt 2763, verso). A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 41; Biörklund 52-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 41.