Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 5,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 387x310 mm; 15 1/4x12 1/4 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fourth state (of 5); White and Boon's third state (of 3). Bunch of grapes watermark (see Hinterding H-a-b). Ex-collection unknown collector, flowers ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). Trimmed on or inside the plate mark. A very good, dark evenly-printed impression of this large print with strong contrasts overall. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.