May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 50

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 25,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Rat Catcher.

Etching and drypoint, 1632. 141x127 mm; 5 3/4x5 1/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's first state (e) (of 2), with the slipped stroke through the rat catcher's shoe printing strongly and the distant cottages clear; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Ex-collection T. W. Holburne (Lugt 1265, verso). A very good impression of this scarce print with strong contrasts, showing little signs of wear. Bartsch 121; Biörklund 32-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 121.