Nov 03, 2022 - Sale 2620

Sale 2620 - Lot 203

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece.

Etching and drypoint, 1651. 128x111 mm; 5x4 3/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 5), before the additional shading on Joseph's right hand; Usticke's fourth state (of 9); White and Boon's fifth state (of 6); New Hollstein sixth state (of 10). Partial lower part of a coat-of-arms or shield watermark. A superb, dark, richly-inked impression, before the corrosion to the copper plate and resultant spotting of the image. Bartsch 53; Biörklund 51-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 53; New Hollstein 262.