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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Self Portrait with Long, Bushy Hair: Head only
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Etching, circa 1631. 65x62 mm; 2
3
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4
x2
1
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2
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s fourth state
(of 6), after the reduction of the plate; Usticke’s fourth state (of 7); White and Boon’s
fourth state (of 7). Ex-collection Charles Delanglade (Lugt 660, verso).A very good, dark
and well-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early etching with strong contrasts.
We have found only 4 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years.
According to Usticke, “A very rare, small portrait, always delicate, before the heavy
reworking in the late states.” Bartsch 8; Biörklund 31-9; Hollstein (White and Boon) 8.
[20,000/30,000]