Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 92

Price Realized: $ 35,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Woman with a High Headdress around Chin: Bust.

Etching, 1631. 69x58 mm; 2 3/4x2 1/4 inches, thread margins. White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's second state (of 2). Ex-collection L. Frieherr von Biegeleben (Lugt 385, verso); National Gallery, Budapest (Lugt 2000, verso). A superb, well-inked and early impression of this extremely scarce etching, with strong contrasts and with the scratches in the plate distinct.

We have found only 10 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 358; Hollstein (White and Boon) 358.