May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 9,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face Dark: Bust.

Etching, 1633. 136x105 mm; 53/8x41/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's third state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 2). Partial indiscernible (bird in a double circle ?) watermark. A superb, dark impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 17; Biörklund 33-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 17.