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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 5/8x3 1/4 inches, narrow 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 litle to no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 313; Biörklund 37-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 313.
