REMBRANDT VAN RIJN A Hurdy-Gurdy Player Followed by Children at the Door of a House ("The Schoolmaster").
Etching, 1641. 95x63 mm; 3 3/4x2 1/2 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 3); New Hollstein's second state (of 4), with the added line on the lower part of the woman's ear. A very, richly-inked and early impression with strong contrasts and before any wear in the densely cross-hatched areas.
Provenance: Raffaele Alianello, Andria, with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 5k). Bartsch 128; Biörklund 41-N; Hollstein (White and Boon) 128; New Hollstein 191.
