May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 13,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate.

Etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1632. 371x257 mm; 14 5/8x10 1/8 inches, narrow to small margins. Biörklund's ninth state (of 9); Usticke's eighth state (i) (of 10), with some of the diagonal shading over the figure group at the right still printing and with the backs of both Christ and the man behind him dark, showing no signs of wear; White and Boon's tenth state (of 10). Bunch of grapes watermark. Ex-collection unknown collector, indiscernible ink stamp verso. A superb, well-inked and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts and little to no wear. Bartsch 73; Biörklund 32-4; Hollstein (White and Boon) 73.