Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 15,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Tribute Money.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1635. 69x102 mm; 2 7/8x4 1/8 inches, small 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, before the Jean rework; White and Boon's first state (of 2). Partial Basel Crosier watermark (Hinterding A.a.b.; citing the impression in the Rijksprentenkabinett, Amsterdam, with the same watermark; Ash/Fletcher 11 A a). A superb, early, crisp impression with burr on the back of the standing man at left with his back turned and with inky plate edges. Bartsch 68; Biörklund 35-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 68.