?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Polander Leaning on a Stick.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1632. 82x43 mm; 31/4x13/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fifth state (of 5); Usticke's sixth state (of 6); White and Boon's sixth state (of 6). Ex-collection the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt supplement 5d and 5g, verso) and Hirschler (Lugt Supplement 633a, verso). A superb impression of this scarce print, with burr in the foliage at the left and with warm plate tone and inky plate edges.
According to Usticke, "An extremely rare plate " (RRRR-). We have found only 4 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years; the last impression sold at Swann, November 6, 2002, auction 1950, lot 71. Bartsch 141; Biörklund 32-5; Hollstein (White and Boon) 141.
