May 01, 2013 - Sale 2312

Sale 2312 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 5,520
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias.

Etching and drypoint, 1641. 105x156 mm; 4 1/8x6 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fifth state (of 6), with the Watelet rework and the Watelet inscription lower center; Usticke's fourth state (e) (of 7); White and Boon's third state (of 4). A superb, crisp impression on thin cream laid paper, with touches of burr on the back of Tobias' head, with all the fine lines distinct and with strong contrasts. Bartsch 43; Biörklund 41-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 43.