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Lot 22
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face Dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; New Holl. 120; H. 108)
  • Etching
  • Plate: 132 by 103mm; 5 1/8 by 4 1/8 in
  • Sheet: 134 by 106mm; 5¼ by 4¼in
Etching, 1633, a fine impression of the second (final) state, New Hollstein's second state (of five), before the wear usually seen in this print

Provenance

Ex coll. Franz Gawet (L. 1069)

Condition

With narrow margins, in good condition apart from minor repairs at lower corners, a nick at upper edge (in the margin), pale discoloration, framed.
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