Nov 12, 2020 - Sale 2550

Sale 2550 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
St. Jerome Kneeling in Prayer, Looking Down.

Etching, 1635. 115x80 mm; 4 1/2x3 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Usticke's second state (e-i) (of 3). Ex-collection George Biörklund, author of the catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt's etchings (Lugt 1138c, verso). A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts, partially inky plate edges and burr in the shadows at the lower edge of the image. Bartsch 102; Biörklund 35-H; Hollstein (White and Boon) 102.