REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | A Hurdy-Gurdy Player Followed by Children at the Door of a House ('The Schoolmaster') (B., Holl. 128; New Holl. 191; H. 192)

Etching, 1641, a fine impression of New Hollstein's first state (of four), printing with good contrasts

With thread margins or trimmed on or fractionally within the plate mark, in good condition, the lower left tip of the sheet made up with a few touches of pen and ink, a vertical 2mm wide repair at the left sheet edge partially covering the ends of some etched lines, a couple of tiny nicks at the lower sheet edges, a small patch of adhesive residue at lower left and upper centre recto, unframed.
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