REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Nude Man Seated and Another Standing with a Woman and a Baby.
Etching, circa 1646. 195x130 mm; 7 5/8x5 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's second state (of 4); Usticke's second state (of 7); White and Boon's second state (of 3); New Hollstein's third state (of 8). Partial Strasburg Lily watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36, they cite similar watermarks on early impressions of this subject in the Art Institute of Chicago and the Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Hinterding notes a similar watermark for first state impressions of this subject and dates the paper to circa 1646-48). A very good, dark, early impression with strong contrasts and crisp plate edges. Bartsch 194; Biörklund 46-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 194; New Hollstein 233.
