REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Christ Disputing with the Doctors: a Sketch.
Etching and drypoint, 1652. 125x216 mm; 5x81/2 inches, wide margins. Biörklund's first state (of 3), before the rust spots; Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 2). Foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19 A.a.). A superb, early impression, with burr on the tall cap on the man behind Christ. Bartsch 65; Biörklund 52-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 65.
