Lot 64
  • 64

Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • A Scholar in his Study ('Faust') (B., Holl. 270; New Holl. 270; H. 260)
  • etching
  • sheet: 197 by 160mm 7 3/4 by 6 1/4 in
Etching, circa 1652, a good impression of the first state (of three), New Hollstein's second state (of seven), on paper with a Seven Provinces watermark (Hinterding A-ab), framed

Condition

Trimmed into subject at top to just above the window frame, at bottom to just below the equator of the globe, the print therefore losing 13mm. in height, trimmed on the platemark at left and right, to the subject in the lower part of the left sheet edge, printing with an ink smudge on the globe, the lower left corner re-attached (?), otherwise in good condition, framed.
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