Lot 39
  • 39

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-portrait with Saskia (B., Holl. 19; New Holl. 158; H.144)
  • etching
  • sheet: 106 by 95mm 4 1/4 by 3 3/4 in
Etching, 1636, a very good impression of the second state (of three), New Hollstein's second state (of four), with the scratches through Rembrandt's hand and above Saskia's breast distinct but showing wear in the shading below Rembrandt's hat

Condition

With a thread margin at the upper sheet edge, trimmed on or fractionally within the platemark (leaving a fillet of paper outside the borderline) elsewhere, in good condition, the extreme tip of the lower left corner of the sheet made up, residual hinging at the left corners of the sheet verso, unframed.
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