Lot 31
  • 31

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window (B., Holl. 22; H. 229; BB. 48-A)
  • Signed in plate and dated 1648
  • Etching printed in black and white 
  • Sheet: 157 by 129mm; 6 1/8 by 5in
Etching with drypoint and engraving, 1648, the fifth (final) state

Provenance

Ex coll. Ferdinand of Portugal (L. 968)

Condition

Trimmed 1 to 2mm within the platemark all around, landscape and artist's chin retouched with pen and ink, a small tear (circa 7mm) at upper left edge of sheet, unframed.
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