Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake.

Etching, 1654. 96x146 mm; 3 3/4x5 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (e) (of 4), with the fine parallel shading lines on the Virgin's chin and above her right eye printing clearly; White and Boon's second state (of 2). A very good, evenly-printed and dark impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 63; Biörklund 54-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 63.