Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 396

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Schoolmaster.

Etching, 1641. 95x63 mm; 3 3/4x2 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2), before the Watelet rework; Usticke's first state (of 3). Ex-collection J. E. Wetterauer (Lugt 4267, verso). A very good, well-inked and crisp impression with strong contrasts and with little to no wear in the densely cross-hatched areas, with all the figures and architectural features distinct. Bartsch 128; Biörklund 41-N; Hollstein (White and Boon) 128.