Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 12,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
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 second state (of 6), before the shading of the triangular blank space lower left; Usticke's third state (of 7); White and Boon's second state (of 4). Ex-collection Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Copenhagen, with the duplicate ink stamp (Lugt 1635, verso). A superb, crisp impression on thin cream laid paper, with all the fine lines printing clearly, with strong contrasts and with no wear in the densely shaded doorway. Bartsch 43; Biörklund 41-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 43.