Apr 27, 2010 - Sale 2212

Sale 2212 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 4,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Three Heads of Women, One Lightly Etched.

Etching, circa 1637. 95x100 mm; 3 3/4x3 7/8 inches. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (e) (of 3); White and Boon's third state (of 3). A fragment of the whole sheet with only the 3 heads of the women preserved from the original etching; the blank background and edges added later with some additions in pen and ink on the chest of the woman extreme lower right.

According to Usticke, "A rare plate, much desired (RR)." Bartsch 367; Biörklund 37-3; Hollstein (White and Boon) 367.