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Lot 16
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Self-Portrait in a Heavy Fur Cap: Bust (B., Holl. 16; New Holl. 80; H. 56)
  • etching
  • Plate: 62 by 57mm; 2½ by 2¼in
  • Sheet: 67 by 62mm; 2 5/8 by 2½in
Etching, 1631, a fine, early impression of this rare subject, only state, with vertical polishing scratches

Provenance

Ex coll. Lessing Julius Rosenwald (L. 1760c); a duplicate from the National Gallery of Art, Washington (L. 1932d)

Condition

With small margins, in good condition apart from two brown stains at upper edge, a few pale fox marks, a pin hole at right, a tiny residue of glue on the platemark at lower right, unframed.
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