Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 18,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table Looking Right.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1631. 148x132 mm; 57/8x51/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 3); Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 3), before the reduction of the plate and before the rework of the nose. Foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19). A superb, early impression with all the fine lines printing clearly and with no sign of wear in the most densely cross-hatched areas. Bartsch 343; Biörklund 31-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 343.