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Premier Auction - Session I - July 14, 2023

Fri, Jul 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 485

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Dutch, 1606-1669)

Rembrandt in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress, circa 1642, B., Hol. 26; H. 157; N. H. 210), Hind's state II/II, posthumous Basan edition, with reworked signature upper right in another hand, etching on laid paper, sheet, 3-3/8 x 2-3/8 in.; veneered and black painted frame, 10-7/8 x 9 in., backed with photograph of the Darsie children

Condition

somewhat light impression, glue tacked at top and bottom left corners, adhesive stains from verso on all corners, toning 

Per card attached verso, George Gregory, 5 Argyle Street, Bath, England; Thomas Chalmers Darsie for Anne Friend Darsie (Mrs. Patricia Hamilton Thomson) July, 1914; Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania