May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 72

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Asselyn, Painter.

Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, circa 1647. 214x168 mm; 8 1/2x6 5/8 inches, small margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's third state (of 6); White and Boon's third state (of 3). Rampant lion in a circle with the letters B M watermark. Ex-collection Johann Carl Diedrich Hebich (Lugt 1250, verso). A very good, well-inked and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts and crisp, inky plate edges. Bartsch 277; Biörklund 47-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 277.