Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife.

Etching and drypoint, 1634. 92x115 mm; 3 5/8x4 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (e-i) (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 2). Ex-collection Josef Camesina de Pomal (Lugt 429, verso); and George Biörklund, author of the standard catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt's etchings (Lugt supplement 1138c, verso). A superb, well-inked, crisp impression with all the details distinct, with little to no sign of wear and with sharp, inky plate edges. Bartsch 39; Biörklund 34-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 39.