Sale 6655
London
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3 December 2002
Price realised
GBP 8,365
Estimate
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn The Artist's Mother seated at a Table looking right: Three-quarter Length (B., Holl. 343; H. 52) etching, circa 1631, second state (of three), a fine, clear, black impression, the finely etched detail in the face and on the hands particularly clear, with thread margins, the tip of the upper and lower left corners made-up, a minor thin spot at the right sheet edge verso, very pale scattered foxing, framed S. 149 x 132mm.
Provenance
Maximilian Wellner (L. 1921)
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