Nov 03, 2022 - Sale 2620

Sale 2620 - Lot 172

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1657. 152x197 mm; 6x7 3/4 inches. Biörklund's sixth state (of 8); Usticke's sixth state (of 10), before the Basan rework; White and Boon's sixth state (of 8); New Hollstein eighth state (of 11). Partial proprietary watermark with the date 17-- (?). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, dark and richly-inked impression with strong contrasts and traces of burr. Bartsch 46; Biörklund 52-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 46; New Hollstein 300.