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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill
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Etching and drypoint, 1639. 206x163 mm; 8
1
/
4
x6
1
/
2
inches, narrow margins. Biörklund’s
second state (of 2), with the cap band completed; Usticke’s second state (i-l) (of 3);White
and Boon’s second state (of 2).A very good, well-inked impression of this extremely scarce
etching, with little to no sign of wear and with strong contrasts.
According to Usticke, “Very scarce—a most desirable portrait (RR-).” Bartsch 21;
Biörklund 39-E; Hollstein (White and Boon 21).
[20,000/30,000]
