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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN A Man Wearing a Close Cap: Bust.
Etching, 1630. 77x60 mm; 3 1/8x2 3/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fifth state (of 5); Usitcke's sixth state (of 6); White and Boon's fifth state (of 5); New Hollstein seventh state (of 7). Ex-collection Wilhelm Koller (Lugt 2362, verso); and the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (Lugt 2681a, 5184 and 5185, verso). A very good, evenly-printed impression of this early etching, with crisp, inky plate edges.
According to Usticke, "A very scarce portrait" (RR). Bartsch 304; Biörklund 30-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 304.
