Nov 02, 2021 - Sale 2585

Sale 2585 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 22,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
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), with the delicate vertical wiping scratches upper left distinct. A superb, dark, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 290; Biörklund 35-3; New Hollstein 148.