Nov 07, 2002 - Sale 1950

Sale 1950 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 19,550
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
FROM THE LINCK AND BIÖRKLUND COLLECTIONS REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Blind Fiddler.

Etching and drypoint, 1631. 79x55 mm; 3 1/8x2 1/4 inches, small 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. Ex-collection J. F. Linck (Lugt 1685, verso) and George Biörklund (Lugt supplement 1138c, verso). A brilliant, early impression of this scarce print, with the finest lines printing clearly. Bartsch 138; Biörklund 31-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 138.