Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 380

Price Realized: $ 15,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Three Heads of Women, One Asleep.

Etching, 1637. 143x86 mm; 5 3/4x3 3/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (e) (of 3), with the horizontal line approximately 1/2-inch from the lower plate mark distinct and with no sign of wear. Foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19). A superb, richly-inked and early impression with strong contrasts and crisp, partially inky plate edges. Bartsch 368; Biörklund 37-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 368.