Apr 27, 2010 - Sale 2212

Sale 2212 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress.

Etching, circa 1642. 93x62 mm; 3 3/4x2 1/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (e) (of 3). Shield with Paris watermark (Ash/Fletcher 39 A a). Ex-collection Charles Scarisbrick (Lugt 522, verso) and F. H. Gall (Lugt 2935, verso). A superb, evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 26; Biörklund 31-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 26.