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Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Circumcision: Small Plate.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1630. 90x65 mm; 3 3/4x2 3/4 inches, thread margins. Usticke's only state (e) (of l), with burr on the child's mouth, arms and head. The upper portion of a Strasbourg Lily watermark. A superb, crisp impression of this very scarce, early etching with all the fine lines distinct and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.
According to Usticke, "Fine impressions very rare." Bartsch 48; Biörklund 30-8; Hollstein (White and Boon) 48.
