Lot 54
  • 54

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • A Bald-Headed Man in Profile Right, Small Bust, the Artist's Father (?) (B., Holl. 294; New Holl. 61; H. 24)
  • Etching
  • plate: 57 by 43mm 2 1/4 by 1 5/8 in
  • sheet: 62 by 46mm 2 3/8 by 1 7/8 in
Etching, 1630, a good impression of the second (final) state, New Hollstein's second (final) state, framed

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's London, The Collection of Rembrandt Etchings formed by the 10th Viscount Downe, November 1970

Condition

With small margins, in good condition, a small repaired area of paper thinning verso, not affecting the printed surface, some pale, unobtrusive staining in the background of print, most visible when held to the light, framed.
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