FROM THE SCHRÖTER COLLECTIONREMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Card Player<>.
Etching, 1641. 91x83 mm; 3 5/8x3 1/4 inches, small to thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 3), before the Watelet rework and with the partially shaded background; Usticke's first state (of 4), with the uneven blank space near the upper plate mark; White and Boon's first state (of 2). Ex-collection Emil Schröter (Lugt 2270, verso). A superb, crisp impression with strong contrasts and inky plate edges. Bartsch 136; Biörklund 41-M; Hollstein (White and Boon) 146.
