Apr 29, 2014 - Sale 2347

Sale 2347 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Asselyn, Painter.

Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, circa 1647. 214x168 mm; 8 1/2x6 5/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's third state (e) (of 6), before the Basan editions; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Seven Provinces watermark (Ash/Fletcher 34). A superb, dark and well-inked, earlier impression with strong contrasts, no sign of wear and all the details distinct. Bartsch 277; Biörklund 47-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 277.