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Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Tribute Money.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1635. 69x102 mm; 2 7/8x4 1/8 inches, wide margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 3), before the fine vertical lines above Christ's head and on the upper part of the turban of the standing man facing Christ, also before the Watelet rework; White and Boon's first state (of 2). Partial Foolscap watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19; they cite another impression of this subject with a Foolscap watermark fragment in the Rijksprentenkabinett, Amsterdam).
A brilliant, richly-inked, crisp impression with strong contrasts and abundant burr on the back of the standing man at left with his back turned and with inky plate edges, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject, also exceptionally scarce on this size sheet. Bartsch 68; Biörklund 35-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 68.
