Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face Dark: Bust.

Etching, 1633. 135x105 mm; 5 3/8x4 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (of 5), before the rework on the cap, mouth and rest of the face; White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb, dark and well-inked impression showing very little to no signs of wear on the heavily shaded face and with strong contrasts and crisp, inky plate edges. Bartsch 17; Biörklund 33-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 17.