?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Circumcision: Small Plate.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1630. 90x65 mm; 3 5/8x2 5/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's only state (e) (of l), with burr on the child's mouth, arms and head. Ex-collection T. W. Holburne (Lugt 1265, verso) and 2 unknown collectors, indicernible initials in ink, verso. A brilliant, crisp impression of this scarce, early print with all the finest lines printing clearly.
According to Usticke, "fine impressions very rare." Bartsch 48; Biörklund 30-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 48.
