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Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewel Clasp.
Etching, 1637. 95x82 mm; 3 3/4x3 1/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 2), before the Watelet rework. A brilliant, crisp, early impression with very strong contrasts and with all the fine lines in the beard and on the face distinct, with little to no sign of wear and partially inky plate edges, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.
Provenance: Unidentified collector, indiscernible name in ink, verso.
Bartsch 313; Biörklund 37-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 313.
