REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right (The Artist's Father ?).
Etching, 1630. 103x85 mm; 4x3 1/2 inches. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (of 7), with the removal of the portion of the horizontal scratch projecting beyond the right ear; White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's fourth state (of 6). Partial small bunch of grapes watermark (see Ash/Fletcher 21). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear and with partially inky plate edges. Bartsch 321; Biörklund 30-F; Hollstein (White and Boon) 321; New Hollstein 57.
