REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | Jan Lutma, Goldsmith (B., Holl. 276; New Holl. 293; H. 290)

Etching with engraving and drypoint, 1656, a good though later impression of New Hollstein's second/third state (of five), though showing touches of wear in the densely hatched areas, framed

Ex coll. Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (L. 1432); Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University (L. 4835); Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, collection F. C. Gray (L. 4836)

With narrow margins, in good condition, a small area of foxing in the lower left margin, framed.
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It appears that New Hollstein's second and third states are indeed identical and that the inscription underneath the window and the barely legible one in the densely worked area at lower right were in fact engraved at the same time.