May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 52

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher.

Etching, drypoint and engraving, 1623. 166x142 mm; 65/8x55/8 inches, small to thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 2). Ex-collection unknown collector (Lugt 824, verso) and Wetterauer, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A brilliant, early impression with inky plate edges and with touches of burr around the eyes and under the left ear. Bartsch 266; Biörklund 33-H; Hollstein (White and Boon) 266.