REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Old Man in Meditation, Leaning on a Book.
Etching, circa 1645. 130x104 mm; 5 1/4x4 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's first state (e) (of 2), with the short diagonal scratch upper right corner still distinct; White and Boon's second state (of 2). A very good, well-inked and early impression of this extremely scarce, lightly-bitten etching, with all the details distinct.
According to Usticke, "An extremely rare, very lightly etched plate, RRR+."
We have found only 10 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 147; Biörklund 45-4; Hollstein (White and Boon) 147.
