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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bald Old Man with a Short Beard, in Profile Right.
Etching, circa 1635. 61x56 mm; 2 1/2x2 1/4 inches, narrow to thread margins. Usticke's second state (of 2), with rounded plate corners but with inky, uncleaned plate edges. A very good impression of this extremely scarce print.
According to Biörklund, "The earliest impressions show very uneven plate edges, later they were made even and slightly bevelled." According the Usticke, "A very rare small sketch." Bartsch 306; Biörklund 35-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 306.
