May 04, 2006 - Sale 2078

Sale 2078 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 12,650
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
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), with the blank triangular space lower left; White and Boon's second state (of 4). Ex-collection A. Chariatte (Lugt supplement 88a, verso). A superb, crisp impression on thin cream laid paper with no signs of wear even in the most densely cross-hatched areas. Bartsch 43; Biörklund 41-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 43.