May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 29,900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume.

Etching, 1638. 134x103 mm; 51/4x41/8 inches. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (e) (of 3), before the Jean rework and with the signature printing clearly; White and Boon's third state (of 3). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, early impression with all the finest lines printing clearly. Bartsch 20; Biörklund 38-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 20.