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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Asselyn, Painter
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Etching and drypoint, circa 1647. 189x172 mm; 7
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2
x6
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4
inches. Biörklund’s third state
(of 4); Usticke’s third state (of 6);White and Boon’s third state (of 3); still before the heavy
rework and the Basan editions. Seven Provinces with the initials BM watermark
(Ash/Fletcher 34; according to Ash/Fletcher, this watermark appears most frequently on
several Rembrandt plates owned by Clement de Jonghe, the Amsterdam art dealer, who
likely had impressions printed from them during the 1650s). With narrow to thread
margins 3 sides, trimmed inside the blank lower margin with thread margin outside the
lower broder line and all the subject preserved. A superb, early impression with strong
contrasts. Bartsch 277; Biörklund 47-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 277.
[10,000/15,000]
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