REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Clement de Jonghe, Printseller.
Etching and drypoint on thin cream laid paper, 1651. 208x161 mm; 8 1/4x6 3/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's fifth state (of 6); Usticke's fifth state (i) (of 9), before the re-shading of the triangular space in the chair above the sitter's left shoulder; White and Boon's fifth state (of 6). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 272; Biörklund 51-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 272.
