Lot 79
  • 79

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Man in a Coat and Fur Cap Leaning against a BankĀ (B., Holl. 151; New Holl. 48; H. 14)
  • etching
  • sheet: 113 by 77mm 4 3/8 by 3in
Etching, circa 1630, a very good, clear impression of New Hollstein's first state (of three), on paper with part of an Arms of Amsterdam watermark

Condition

Trimmed to or on the plate mark above and below, trimmed fractionally within the plate mark at left and right, in good condition, a few small areas of minor paper thinning at lower left, the extreme upper right tip of the sheet made up, unframed.
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