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Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Self Portait in a Velvet Cap and Plume.
Etching, 1638. 134x104 mm; 5 1/4x4 1/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's first state (i) (of 3), before the first Basan printing; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Ex-collection D'Arenberg (Lugt 567, verso). A very good, well-inked and clearly-printed impression with the signature upper left and the delicate diagonal lines at the center left plate edge distinct, with no wear in even the most densely cross-hatched areas and with crisp, sharp plate edges. Bartsch 20; Biörklund 38-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 20.
