Etching and drypoint, 1639. 400x311 mm; 15 3/4x12 1/4 inches. Biörklund's third state (of 4), before the fine vertical shading on the bedpost (which was probably added around 1760-85); Usticke's third state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 3); New Hollstein's second state (of 5). Strasburg Lily watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36, which they cite on impressions of this subject at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Hinterding cites various second state impressions with similar or identical watermarks, dating from the 1640s and 1650s). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. A very good, early, evenly-printed impression of this large etching with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99; New Hollstein 173.
