Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait with Saskia.

Etching, 1636. 105x94 mm; 4 1/8x3 3/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 3); Usticke's second state (i) (of 6), with the horizontal scratch across Saskia's chest and the vertical scratch through Rembrandt's hand; White and Boon's second state (of 3). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts and with no signs of wear in the most densely cross-hatched areas. Bartsch 19; Biörklund 36-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 19.