Oct 31, 2008 - Sale 2160

Sale 2160 - Lot 35

Unsold
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife.

Etching and drypoint, 1634. 92x115 mm; 3 5/8x4 1/2 inches, small margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 5), with the upper right corner of the bed's headboard rounded; White and Boon's first state (of 2). Partial foolscap watermark. Ex-collection Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529, verso); and Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, verso). A superb, richly-inked impression showing no signs of wear, with burr on the contour of the woman's abdomen and inner thigh and on Joseph's throat. Bartsch 39; Biörklund 34-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 39.