Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Good Samaritan.

Etching, 1633. 252x204 mm; 10x8 1/8 inches. Biörklund's fifth state (of 5); Usticke's fourth state (of 4); White and Boon's fifth state (of 5), after the reduction of the plate. Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, just inside the plate mark in the blank lower margin with the entire artist's signature and date preserved. A good, evenly-printed impression of this scarce print.

According to Usticke, "A scarce plate, seldom found in fine condition (R+)." Bartsch 90; Biörklund 33-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 90.