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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
FROM THE ARENBERG COLLECTION REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Circumcision: Small Plate.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1630. 90x65 mm; 35/8x25/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's only state (e) (of l), with burr on the child's mouth, arms and head. Ex-collection d'Arenberg (Lugt 567, verso). A brilliant, crisp impression of this scarce, early print on thin laid paper with all the finest lines printing clearly.
According to Usticke, "fine impressions very rare." Bartsch 48; Biörklund 30-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 48.
