Apr 29, 2014 - Sale 2347

Sale 2347 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Sheet of Studies: Head of the Artist, A Beggar Couple.

Etching, circa 1632. 100x105 mm; 4x4 1/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's first state (e) (of 4); with the delicate diagonal scratches to the left of Rembrandt's chin showing; White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce etching with all the delicate details distinct.

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