Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 411

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece.

Etching and drypoint, 1651. 128x111 mm; 5x4 3/8 inches. Biörklund's fifth state (of 5), with the shading on Joseph's right hand and the ass's nose; Usticke's fifth state (i-l) (of 9), with the diagonal scratch above the donkey's left ear and witht he delicate Watelet (?) rework; White and Boon's sixth state (of 6). Ex-collection unknown collector, pencil inscription verso. A very good, dark and crisp impression. Bartsch 53; Biörklund 51-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 53.