Etching and drypoint, 1655. 80x58 mm; 3 1/8x2 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 3), before the fine, vertical shading on the right of the lowest beam; New Hollstein's first state (of 2). A superb, richly-inked, early impression, with very strong contrasts, no sign of wear and with all the fine lines distinct, with touches of burr on the left eye and in the area to the right of the goldsmith.
Provenance: Giuseppe Archinto , Milan, ink stamp verso (Lugt 547).
Bartsch 123; Biörklund 55-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 123.
