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The Blind Fiddler
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Etching, 1631. 66x55 mm; 2
3
/
4
x2
1
/
4
inches.
Likely Biörklund’s first state (of 3);
Usticke’s first state (e) (of 3); White and
Boon’s first state (of 3).Trimmed inside the
plate mark.A very good impression of this
scarce etching. Bartsch 138; Biörklund 31-
A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 138.
[4,000/6,000]
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Head of a Man in a Fur Cap, crying out
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Etching, 1631. 36x30 mm; 1
3
/
8
x1
1
/
4
inches,
narrow margins. Biörklund’s third state (of
3); Usticke’s third state (e) (of 3);White and
Boon’s third state (of 3). A very good
impression of this extremely scarce, early
etching, with crisp, partially inky plate edges.
According to Usticke, “A rather rare tiny
head (RR +).”
We have found approximately only 15 other
impressions at auction in the past 30 years.
Bartsch 327; Biörklund 30-14; Hollstein
(White and Boon) 327.
[2,500/3,500]
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