Etching and drypoint, 1656. 200x150 mm; 7 3/4x5 7/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 3), before the window and the work in the background; Usticke's first state (of 6); White and Boon's first state (of 3). Ex-collection John Barnard (Lugt 1417, verso; this impression cited by Lugt, p. 257, and sold at auction in London, April 16, 1798); and Robert Stayner Holford (Lugt 2243, verso). A superb, dark and early impression with burr on both of the sleeves, on the figurine in Lutma's right hand and throughout Lutma's pants and jacket, inidcative of the earliest impressions of this subject.
We note only 3 other first state impressions at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch 276; Biörklund 56-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 276.
