May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 177

Unsold
Estimate: $ 35,000 - $ 50,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Faust.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 213x163 mm; 8 1/2x6 1/2 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 4); Usticke's second state (e) (of 7); an intermediate state between White and Boon's second and third states (of 4). A brilliant, richly-inked impression, with burr throughout the robe, and no sign of wear, consistent with early impressions of this subject. Bartsch 270; Biörklund 52-4; Hollstein (White and Boon) 270.