May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Return of the Prodigal Son.

Etching and drypoint, 1636. 158x136 mm; 61/4x53/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 4), with the toe of the boot at the far right still printing and with the background at the left printing clearly. A very good, dark and richly-inked impression on thin cream laid paper. Bartsch 91; Biörklund 36-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 91.