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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bust of a Bearded Old Man with a High Forehead.
Etching and drypoint, 1631. 73x66 mm; 3x2 5/8 inches. Ex-collection the British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London (Lugt 301 and 305, verso). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb impression of this exceedingly scarce, early etching.
According to Usticke, "An almost unobtainable rarity (RRRR+)." We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 314; Biörklund 31-19; Hollstein (White and Boon) 314.
