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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, Three-Quarters Right (The Artist's Father ?).
Etching and drypoint, 1630. 106x86 mm; 4 1/4x3 1/2 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 7), with parts of the scratch extending off the right ear still distinct; White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's third state (of 6), before the added shading on the right ear. A very good, dark impression with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear, the heavily shaded areas with ink wash additions (Hinterding and Rutgers note several impressions in this early state also with ink wash additions). Bartsch 321; Biörklund 30-F; Hollstein (White and Boon) 321; New Hollstein 57.
