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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Self Portrait in a Cap: Laughing.
Etching and drypoint, 1630. 50x44 mm; 2x1 3/4 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 6); Usticke's third state (of 5); White and Boon's fourth state (of 6); New Hollstein's seventh state (of 13), before the coarse posthumous rework of the plate with the burin. A superb impression of this very scarce, early self-portrait, with crisp, inky plate edges, strong contrasts, and no sign of wear.
Provenance: Franz Gawet, inscription in ink verso (Lugt 1069); Rudolf Peltzer, initials ink stamp verso (Lugt 2231).
Bartsch 316; Biörklund 30-P; Hollstein (White and Boon) 316; New Hollstein 70.
