Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 100

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Crucifixion: Small Plate.

Etching, circa 1635. 97x68 mm; 4x2 3/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 2), with the broken line in Christ's abdomen and with the long diagonal scratch below the signature. Ex-collection Naudet, Paris, inscribed and dated 1792 in ink (Lugt 1937, verso). A very good, early impression with part of the faintly-etched obelisk over the head of the standing man at the far right distinct and with crisp plate edges. Bartsch 80; Biörklund 35-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 80.