Etching and drypoint, circa 1647. 216x170 mm; 8 1/2x6 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's third state (of 4); Usticke's third state (of 6); White and Boon's third state (of 3); still before the heavy rework and the Basan editions. Seven Provinces with the initials BM watermark (Ash/Fletcher 34; according to Ash/Fletcher, this watermark appears most frequently on several Rembrandt plates owned by Clement de Jonghe, the Amsterdam art dealer, who likely had impressions printed from them during the 1650s). Ex-collection Johann Carl Diedrich Hebbich (Lugt 1250, verso). A superb, early impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 277; Biörklund 47-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 277
