Nov 12, 2020 - Sale 2550

Sale 2550 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 152x197 mm; 6x7 3/4 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's eighth state (of 8); Usticke's eighth state (e) (of 10), before the Basan rework; White and Boon's eighth state (of 8); New Hollstein tenth state (of 11). A superb, dark and richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, all the figures distinct and traces of burr. Bartsch 46; Biörklund 52-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 46.