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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
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Etching and drypoint on cream laid Japan paper, 1656. 198x148 mm; 7
3
/
4
x5
7
/
8
inches,
thread margins. Biörklund’s second state (of 3), before the cross-hatch shading in the small
triangular space on the upper right side of the window border; Usticke’s second state (of
6), before theWatelet retouch;White and Boon’s second state (of 3). Partial Strasburg Lily
watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36).A superb, richly-inked, dark impression with strong contrasts
and with burr on and around the vest opening, on the sleeves of the robe, on Lutma’s
right hand and the statue he is holding and on and around the hammer and other objects
on the table at the right. Bartsch 276; Biörklund 56-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 276.
[10,000/15,000]
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