Oct 17 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2682 -

Sale 2682 - Lot 69

Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Sleeping Herdsman.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1644. 78x57 mm; 3x2¼ inches. Usticke's only state (l), with the fine vertical lines on the young man's forehead distinct; New Hollstein's only state. Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. Bartsch 189; Biörklund 44-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 189; New Hollstein 217.

Provenance: Charles Delanglade, Marseille, with the ink stamp (Lugt 660, verso).

According to Usticke, "A rare little plate (RR+)."

We have found fewer than eight other impressions at auction in the past 30 years.