Lot 84
  • 84

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • faust (b., holl. 270; h. 260; bb. 52-4)
  • 209 by 160mm; 8 1/4 by 6 5/16 in
Etching, circa 1652, a fine impression of the first state (of three), still printing with burr on the curtains and Faust's robe, on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark, with thread margins at right, trimmed on the platemark in places, a small stained area ? in the window, faint foxing, otherwise in good condition  

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Viscount Downe, and then by direct descent to the present owner