Lot 34
  • 34

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait in a Heavy Fur Cap (B., Holl. 16, New Holl. 80, H. 56)
  • Etching
  • sheet: 63 by 57mm 2 1/2 by 2 1/4 in
Etching, 1631, a good, atmospheric impression of this rare subject, New Hollstein's only state, printing with vertical polishing scratches, although showing touches of wear in the densely hatched area around the subject's right eye and towards the lower edge of subject

Condition

Trimmed on the plate mark on three sides, with a thread margin at bottom, in good condition apart from a small thin area at lower left corner, unframed.
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