Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 175

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith.

Etching and drypoint, 1656. 198x148 mm; 7 3/4x5 7/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 3), before the corss-hatch shading in the small triangular space on the upper right side of the window border; Usticke's second state (e-i) (of 6); White and Boon's second state (of 3); New Hollstein third state (of 5). A superb, richly-inked, dark impression with strong contrasts and with burr on and around the vest opening, on the sleeves of the robe, on Lutma's right hand and the statue he is holding and on and around the hammer and other objects on the table at the right. Bartsch 276; Biörklund 56-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 276.