Swann Galleries - Old Master Prints - Sale 2429: Part I, November 3, 2016

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142 ● REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Strolling Musicians .
Etching, circa 1635. 140x119 mm; 5 1/2x4 3/4 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund’s first state
(of 2); Usticke’s first state (of 3);White and Boon’s first state (of 3). A superb, dark and
richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and with the delicate, horizontal
drypoint lines on the woman’s neck distinct, consistent with the earliest impressions of
this subject. Bartsch 119; Biörklund 38-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 119.
[15,000/20,000]