May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 147

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Baptism of the Eunuch.

Etching and drypoint, 1641. 183x214 mm; 7 1/4x8 1/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 4), before the Basan editions; White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein second state (of 4), before the additional work lower left and the long, accidental vertical scratch to the right of St. Philip's head. Arms of Amsterdam watermark. A superb impression with strong contrasts and with all the details distinct, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 98; Biörklund 41-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 98.