REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | The Persian (B., Holl. 152; New Holl. 110; H. 93)

Etching, 1632, a good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), showing wear in places; with The Goldsmith (New Holl. 289), etching, 1655, a good though later impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), printing with plate tone, on wove paper; with The Pancake Woman (New Holl. 144), etching, 1635, a good though later impression of New Hollstein's sixth state (of seven), on wove paper; with A Hurdy-Gurdy Player Followed by Children at the Door of a House ('The Schoolmaster') (New Holl. 191), etching, 1641, a good impression of New Hollstein's first state (of four), with good contrasts; with Old Man Seen from Behind, Profile to Right: Half-Figure (New Holl. 33a), etching, 1641, a good impression of New Hollstein's seventh (final) state; with Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick (New Holl. 229), etching, 1646, a good though later impression of New Hollstein's fourth state (of five), on wove paper; and The Bathers ('De Zwemmertjes') (New Holl. 258), etching, 1651, a good though later impression of New Hollstein's third (final) state, unframed

New Holl. 110: With small margins, in good condition, with thinned areas at the upper corners and towards the lower sheet edge, a tiny surface abrasion in the upper margin, unframed (a paper defect to the right of the subject's head and slight slipped printing in the lower half of the subject inherent to production). New Holl. 289: With small margins, in good condition apart from a loss at the upper right corner of the sheet and thinning at upper left, unframed. New Holl. 144: With small margins, in good condition, with remnants of hinging with associated skinning verso and some fox marks, unframed (slight slipped printing in the lower half of the subject inherent to production). New Holl. 191: With thread margins along the upper and left sheet edges, trimmed to and on the plate mark in the lower and right sheet edges, in good condition, a few thinned areas associated with previous hinging and tiny nicks and losses along the sheet edges, unframed. New Holl. 33a: With wide margins, in good condition, with residual hinging along the upper sheet edge, thinned spots along the left sheet edge, possibly a tiny repair in the left margin, unframed. New Holl. 229: With small margins, in good condition apart from remains of hinges at the upper and lower left corners verso, unframed. New Holl. 258: With small margins, in good condition apart from a few areas of very pale discoloration, unframed.
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