May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 67

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?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 third state (of 6); Usticke's third state (of 7); White and Boon's third state (of 4). Ex-collection Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (Lugt 2434, verso); and Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, 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.