Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
FROM THE NAGLER AND GOLDSCHMIDT COLLECTIONS REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Small Lion Hunt.

Etching, circa 1629. 154x121 mm; 61/8x43/4 inches. Usticke's only state (e), with the profusion of vertical scratches in the background and with irregular, unclean and inky plate edges. Ex-collection Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529, verso); Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (Lugt 2926, verso); and Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, verso). A superb, early impression.

According to Usticke, "Very scarce" (RR-). Bartsch 116; Biörklund 29-3; Hollstein (White and Boon) 116.