Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 9,775
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed.

Etching, circa 1635. 112x101 mm; 41/2x4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (e) (of 5), with the fine vertical scratches in the background and with no signs of wear even in the heavily cross-hatched areas. A superb, dark impression on thin cream laid paper. Bartsch 290; Biörklund 35-3; Hollstein (White and Boon) 290.