May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 55

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban ?).

Etching, 1641. 145x115 mm; 53/4x41/2 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 2); White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb, dark impression with strong contrasts and characteristics of the earliest impressions of this print, including the many fine vertical wiping scratches in the upper right and no sign of wear in the shaded area beneath the arch in the door. Bartsch 118; Biörklund 41-F; Hollstein (White and Boon) 118.