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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Jan Asselijn, Painter ("Krabbetje").
Etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1647. 216x170 mm; 9x6 3/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fourth state (of 6); White and Boon's fourth state (of 3); New Hollstein's fifth state (of 7). A very good, dark and well-inked impression with strong contrasts and touches of burr on the book leaves and the sitter's sleeve.
This is Rembrandt's (1606-1669) portrait of fellow artist and Dutch landscape painter Asselijn (circa 1614-1652), known as "Krabbetje." Asselijn's left hand was deformed (which Rembrandt has disguised, tucked into the artist's hip) and during his stay in Rome fellow members of the Dutch painters' association, "De Bentvueghels," nicknamed him "krabbetje"--Dutch for "little crab." Bartsch 277; Biörklund 47-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 277; New Hollstein 236.
