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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap and Plume
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Etching, 1638. 134x104 mm; 5
1
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4
x4
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8
inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund’s third
state (of 3); Usticke’s first state (i) (of 3), before the first Basan printing;White and Boon’s
third state (of 3). Ex-collection D’Arenberg (Lugt 567, verso). A very good, well-inked
and clearly-printed impression with the signature upper left and the delicate diagonal lines
at the center left plate edge distinct, with no wear in even the most densely cross-hatched
areas and with crisp, sharp plate edges. Bartsch 20; Biörklund 38-B; Hollstein (White and
Boon) 20.
[12,000/18,000]
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