Lot 17
  • 17

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with Face Dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; New Holl. 120; H. 108)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn and Others
  • Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with Face Dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; New Holl. 120; H. 108)
  • plate: 132 by 104mm 5 1/8 by 4 1/8 in
  • sheet: 135 by 106mm 5 1/4 by 4 1/4 in
Etching, 1633, a very good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of five), though showing a few touches of wear around the eyes and in the cap, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Pierre Mariette II (L. 1789)

Condition

With narrow margins, in good condition apart from pin holes in the corners, with associated thinning at right verso, the lower sheet edge with a nick and two tiny spots of discoloration, framed.
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