May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 102

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed.

Etching, circa 1635. 113x103 mm; 4 3/4x4 1/4 inches, thread margins. New Hollstein's second state (of 4), before the strong horizontal shading in the lower right corner. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts, crisp, partially inky plate edges and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.

Provenance: Friedrich Koch, Mannheim, ink stamp verso (Lugt 1020).

Bartsch 290; Biörklund 35-3; Hollstein (White and Boon); New Hollstein 148.