Lot 40
  • 40

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait Open Mouthed, as if Shouting: Bust (B., Holl. 13; New Holl. 67; H. 31)
  • Etching
  • sheet: 74 by 62mm 3 7/8 by 2 1/2 in
Etching, 1630, a clear impression of this rare subject, New Hollstein's third (final) state

Provenance

Ex coll. Henry Foster Sewall (L. 1309)

Condition

Trimmed to the plate mark on three sides, trimmed fractionally within the subject at lower left, in good condition except that the left corners of the sheet have been repaired affecting the monogram and a few lines at lower left, small areas of thinning at the right corners, unframed.
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