Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 371

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds.

Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1634. 260x216 mm; 10 1/4x8 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's fourth state (of 5); White and Boon's third state (of 3). Ex-collection George Biörklund, author of one of the main catalgues riasonné of Rembrandt's etchings (Lugt 1138c, verso). A very good, well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 44; Biörklund 34-J; Hollstein (White and Boon) 44.