Lot 13
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Old Man with Divided Fur Cap, etching, 1640.
Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000
Description
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Old Man with Divided Fur Cap
Etching with drypoint, 1640, on laid paper, with partial watermark of Strasbourg Lily with initials '4WR' [probably Hinterding's A-e-b], a very fine, early impression of New Hollstein's first state (of two), before the slipped stroke, with strong burr on the horizontal lines in the bottom left corner and on the vertical lines in the bottom right, trimmed to or on the platemarks, sheet 150 x 138 mm. (5 7/8 x 5 7/16), unframed.
Literature:
Hind 170; New Hollstein 182 i/ii
Description
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Old Man with Divided Fur Cap
Etching with drypoint, 1640, on laid paper, with partial watermark of Strasbourg Lily with initials '4WR' [probably Hinterding's A-e-b], a very fine, early impression of New Hollstein's first state (of two), before the slipped stroke, with strong burr on the horizontal lines in the bottom left corner and on the vertical lines in the bottom right, trimmed to or on the platemarks, sheet 150 x 138 mm. (5 7/8 x 5 7/16), unframed.
Literature:
Hind 170; New Hollstein 182 i/ii