REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Old Woman in Profile (from Sheet of Studies, with a Woman Lying Ill in Bed).
Etching, circa 1639. 60x47 mm; 2 1/2x2 inches. Usticke's only state (e), with the figure very distinct. A superb, well-inked, dark impression with very strong contrasts.
We have found only approximately 15 other impressions of the complete composition at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 369; Biörklund 38-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 369; New Hollstein 177.
