Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

1606 - 1669

The Artist’s Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Right: Three Quarter Length (B., Holl. 343; New Holl. 91; H. 52)

Etching with touches of drypoint, circa 1631, a fine impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), the delicate lines printing with clarity and definition, with traces of burr on the tip of the sitter’s nose, on paper with an indistinct initials countermark (likely Hinterding PDB, associated with watermark Foolscap with Five-Pointed Collar, Hinterding I.a), framed

plate: 149 by 131mm 5⅞ by 5⅛in

sheet: 162 by 138mm 6⅜ by 5⅜in