REMBRANDT VAN RIJN An Old Man Shading his Eyes with his Hand.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1638. 140x113 mm; 5 1/2x4 1/2 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (e) (of 5). Strasburg Lily with pendant initials PR watermark (Hinterding E' aa-ab, the impressions of this subject at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Rijkspretenkabinett, Amsterdam have the same watermark). A superb, early impression of this very scarce print, with burr in the fur sleeve and in the sketch-like lines of the figure consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 259; Biörklund 38-3; Hollstein (White and Boon) 259.
