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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Goldsmith
.
Etching and drypoint, 1655. 80x58 mm; 3
1
/
8
x2
1
/
4
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s first
state (of 2); Usticke’s first state (of 3);White and Boon’s first state (of 3), before the fine,
vertical shading on the right of the lowest beam. A superb, richly-inked impression, with
very strong contrasts, no sign of wear and with all the fine lines distinct. Bartsch 123;
Biörklund 55-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 123.
[7,000/10,000]