Oct 31, 2007 - Sale 2126

Sale 2126 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 16,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple.

Etching, circa 1632. 93x88 mm; 3 3/4x3 1/2 inches. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 4), with the 4 diagonal scratches to the lower left of Rembrandt's chin; White and Boon's second state (of 2). Trimmed just inside the plate mark, remargined with small margins. A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce print.

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