Lot 218
Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669)
Lot 218 Details
Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch
OLD MAN IN MEDITATION, LEANING ON A BOOK, CIRCA 1645 [B., HOLL. 147]
Toned etching and drypoint on laid paper, laid on top of a 20th Century sheet. A 17th Century impression.
Trimmed to the plate 5" x 4" — 12.7 x 10.2 cm.
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
Provenance:
Park West Gallery, Michigan;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto in January 2006
Note:
From the first state of two according to G. W. Nowell-Usticke showing evidence of the scratches between the top right shoulder and the left edge as indicative of this state. Nowell-Usticke refers to this work as an “extremely rare very lightly etched plate. The plate for this work is not in existence.”