REMBRANDT VAN RIJN A Student at a Table by Candlelight.
Etching, circa 1642. 148x135 mm; 5 1/2x5 3/8 inches. Usticke's first state (e-i) (of 3), before the outline of the right edge of the candle flame and before the mezzotint additions. Partial letters W K counter mark to a Strasburg Lily watermark (Ash/Fletcher 26 WK' a). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A brilliant, dark and richly-inked impression, consistent with early impressions of this subject. Bartsch 148; Biörklund 42-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 148.
