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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN A Student at a Table by Candlelight.
Etching, circa 1642. 148x135 mm; 5 1/2x5 3/8 inches, small margins. Usticke's first state (e-i) (of 3), before the outline of the right edge of the candle flame and before the mezzotint additions. Ex-collection Cambridge University Library (Lugt 2475, verso). A superb, dark and richly-inked impression with all the subtle tonal variations and shaded forms distinct, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 148; Biörklund 42-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 148.
