Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 351

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak.

Etching and drypoint, 1632. 138x129 mm; 5 1/2x5 1/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 4); Usticke's first state (of 3), before the coarse retouching of the beard; White and Boon's second state (of 3). Foolscap with a 7-pointed collar and the initials I D watermark (Ash/Fletcher 20 A. b., which dates from the mid 1600s). Ex-collection Christian David Ginsburg (Lugt 1145, verso). A very good, dark and early impression. Bartsch 262; Biörklund 32-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 262.