May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 88

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Bathers.

Etching, 1651. 110x138 mm; 43/8x51/2 inches. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 2). The letters IHS with a cross watermark. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, early impression with rough and inky plate edges and with the many fine vertical wiping scratches in the sky and the river at the right. Bartsch 195; Biörklund 51-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 195.