REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Christ Disputing with the Doctors: a Sketch.
Etching and drypoint, 1652. 125x216 mm; 5x8 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's second state (of 3), with the rust spots along the upper edge of the plate; Usticke's second state (of 3); White and Boon's second state (of 3). Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash/Fletcher 1 G a; the same watermark is on another impression of this subject in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). A superb, early impression, with burr on the tall cap on the man behind Christ and with strong contrasts. Bartsch 65; Biörklund 52-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 65.
