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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes").
Etching, 1651. 107x138 mm; 4 1/4x5 1/2 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2), before the circular corrosion spot upper center; Usticke's second state (e) (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 2); New Hollstein's second state (of 3), with the two small dots upper right but with no additional posthumous rework. A superb, dark, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts.
Provenance: Moriz König, Vienna, dated 1850 in ink (Lugt 1588); unidentified collector, crown and laurel leaf blue ink stamp (Lugt 2763, verso).
Bartsch 195; Biörklund 51-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 195; New Hollstein 258.
