Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 19,550
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 408x315 mm; 161/8x121/2 inches, small margins. Biörklund's third state (of 4); Usticke's third state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 3). Strasburg Lily with the letters WR watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36 C. c., which they date to circa 1720-late 1740s). A superb, evenly-printed impression of this large print with strong contrasts overall. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.