Oct 31, 2007 - Sale 2126

Sale 2126 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 393x315 mm; 15 1/2x12 1/2 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fourth state (of 5), with Watelet's fine roulette work in the shadows; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Indiscernible (proprietary ?) watermark with a bunch of grapes. Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, inside the blank lower edge; short tear upper center near the edge. A superb impression of this large print with strong contrasts. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.