May 11, 2023 - Sale 2636

Sale 2636 - Lot 88

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Rat Catcher.

Etching and drypoint, 1632. 141x127 mm; 5 3/4x5 1/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (of 2); White and Boon's third state (of 3); New Hollstein's third state (of 3), with the parallel horizontal shading behind the rat catcher's hat and neck. Letter L I or I I ciounter mark to an unknown watermark. A very good, dark impression of this scarce etching, with crisp, partially inky plate edges and strong contrasts.