Lot 38
  • 38

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 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 1/4 by 4in
  • sheet: 133 by 105mm 5 1/4 by 4 1/8 in
Etching, 1633, a very good, strong impression of the second (final) state, New Hollstein's third state (of five), printing with scratches and surface tone in the blank area, framed

Condition

With narrow to thread margins, in very good condition, a minor, L shaped repair approx. 3 x 3 mm., in the blank area to the left of Rembrandt's head, a small stain under the mounting tape at upper left sheet corner, framed.
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