Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 41

Price Realized: $ 4,740
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 400x320 mm; 15 3/4x12 5/8 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fourth state (i) (of 5); White and Boon's third state (of 3). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Proprietary watermark (Ash/Fletcher 38 C a, which they date to around 1764). A very good, richly-inked and evenly-printed impression of this large print with strong contrasts overall. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.