May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 151

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Diana at the Bath.

Etching, circa 1631. 178x158 mm; 7 1/8x6 1/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Usticke's only state (e-i). Counter mark with the double-wired initials IL to an unknown watermark (Ash/Fletcher 26 II a, which they date to Paris around 1695). Ex-collection Hans von Aufsess (Lugt 2750, verso). A good, evenly-printed impression of this very scarce etching, with some ink and wash strenghtening in the shadows. Bartsch 201; Biörklund 31-4; Hollstein (White and Boon) 201.