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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed.
Etching, circa 1635. 113x103 mm; 4¾x4¼ inches, thread margins. New Hollstein's second state (of 4), before the strong horizontal shading in the lower right corner. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.
Provenance: Ernst F. Oppermann, Berlin (Lugt 887).
Bartsch 290; Biörklund 35-3; Hollstein (White and Boon); New Hollstein 148.
