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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bald Old Man with a Short Beard, in Right Profile.
Etching, circa 1635. 66x57 mm; 2 5/8x2 1/4 inches, narrow 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.
