May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 36,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre.

Etching, 1634. 132x107 mm; 51/4x41/4 inches (oval), small margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's third state (of 4); White and Boon's third state (of 3). Partial foolscap with 5-pointed collar and the letters ID watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19 E). Ex-collection Hirschler (Lugt Supplement 633a, verso). A superb, richly-inked and early impression with crisp, sharp plate edges. Bartsch 23; Biörklund 34-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 23.