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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bald Old Man with a Short Beard, in Profile Right.
Etching, circa 1635. 66x57 mm; 2 3/4x2 1/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's second state (of 2). A very good, crisp and early impression of this extremely scarce etching, with partially inky and uneven plate edges.
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."
Provenance: Országos Képtár, National Gallery, Budapest, with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 2000). Bartsch 306; Biörklund 35-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 306; New Hollstein 147.
