Nov 02, 2017 - Sale 2460

Sale 2460 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook.

Etching and drypoint, 1654. 95x143 mm; 3 3/4x5 3/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 3), with the upper right corner of the plate still square and before the Basan rework. Ex-collection Albert van Loock (Lugt 3751, verso); and R. Goldberg, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A superb, dark, crisp impression with strong contrasts and traces of burr. Bartsch 55; Biörklund 54-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 55.