Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Artist's Mother Seated, in Widow's Dress and Black Gloves.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1632. 152x120 mm; 6x43/4 inches, small margins. Usticke's first state (of 3). A very good, dark and evenly printed impression of this usually uneven print, with the thumb above the signature still printing and with very little to no wear in the most densely cross-hatched areas.

Though accepted by Bartsch and others, this work is rejected by some, including Biörklund. Bartsch 344.