May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 52

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple.

Etching, circa 1632. 97x104 mm; 3 7/8x4 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 4); White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce print, before the oxidation spots that developed soon after the initial printing of the plate.

According to Usticke, "A very scarce sheet (RR+)." Bartsch 363; Biörklund 32-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 363.