May 05, 2005 - Sale 2042

Sale 2042 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 18,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds.

Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1634. 256x213 mm; 101/8x83/8 inches, small to thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's first state (i) (of 5), with the bridge and distant landscape still distinct and before the retouching of the plate with engraving and roulette; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19 K. a). A very good, dark and clearly-printed impression showing very little wear. Bartsch 44; Biörklund 34-J; Hollstein (White and Boon) 44.