Jun 22, 2010 - Sale 2218

Sale 2218 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Artist's Mother Seated, in a Widow's Dress and Black Gloves.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1632. 132x112 mm; 5 1/8x4 3/8 inches, trimmed inside the plate mark. Usticke's third state (of 3). A dark impression with strong contrasts on cream laid paper.

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