Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2517BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The Artist's Mother with her Hand on her Chest, Small Bust, 1631, probably an 18th century impression (Hind, 50; Bartsch/Hollstein, 349 ii/ii). Initialed and dated in the plate. Etching on laid paper, plate size 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (9.4 x 6.6 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Margins approximately 2 mm, annotations and glue residue to verso.
Provenance: Alice and Kurt Mühsam (Muehsam),Berlin and New York; by family descent, New York City; gift from a Mühsam (Muehsam) family descendant to the present private owner.
Estimate $500-700