A copper plate etching by Rembrandt dating from 1642 is among the more unusual lots at O’Reilly’s sale of antique and vintage jewellery, silverware, watches and paintings at Francs St. in Dublin on May 22. St.Jerome in a Dark Chamber measures 151 x 173 mm and was with Harcourt’s Gallery in San Francisco in 1983. Here is a small selection from the auction.
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, ”St Jerome in a Dark Chamber’, copper plate etching 1642, 151 x 173 mm (800-1,200). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200
A diamond brooch modelled as a bee (700-800).
A c1940’s diamond plaque bracelet (20,000-22,000).
A diamond cluster pendant set with old cut stones.