May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd.

Etching, circa 1629. 105x48 mm; 3 3/4x1 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's only state (e); White and Boon's second state (of 2); White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's second state (of 2). A superb, richly-inked and dark impression, with the diagonal scratch through the gourd distinct, and with rough, partially inky plate edges (according to New Hollstein, "Early impressions have rough plate edges"). Bartsch 168; Biörklund 30-16; Hollstein (White and Boon) 168; New Hollstein 40.