Christie’s roundel
Lot 73

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An Old Man seen from behind, Profile to Right: Half-Figure (B., Holl. 143; H. 41)

Closed8 December 2009

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GBP 3,000

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
An Old Man seen from behind, Profile to Right: Half-Figure (B., Holl. 143; H. 41)
etching, circa 1631, with a tiny Imperial Orb watermark fragment (part of Arms of Amsterdam?), fourth, final state, with narrow margins, two thin spots at upper corners where previously hinged, otherwise in good condition; with Head of an old Man in high Fur Cap: Bust (B., Holl. 299; H. 135), by the same hand and a pupil, etching, a good impression of the only state, with a few horizontal wiping scratches still distinct, trimmed unevenly into the platemark, generally in good condition
P. 72 x 42 mm., S. 75 x 45 mm. (B. 143)
S. 45 x 32 mm. (B. 299) (2)

W. Koller (d. 1871), Vienna (L. 2632). (B. 143)