Lot 75
  • 75

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Head of a Man in a Fur Cap, Crying Out (B., Holl. 327; New Holl. 36; H. 37)
  • Etching, drypoint and engraving
  • sheet: 37 by 31mm 1 1/2 by 1 1/4 in
Etching with drypoint and engraving, circa 1629, a very good impression of this rare subject, New Hollstein's third state (of seven)

Condition

With thread margins, in good condition except that the thinned lower corners of the sheet have been reinforced with Japan fibres, the upper corners of the sheet also thinned from previous hinging and possibly reinforced, the printed lines still intact, unframed.
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