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Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Rat Catcher.
Etching and drypoint, 1632. 141x127 mm; 5 3/4x5 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's first state (e) (of 2), with the slipped stroke through the rat catcher's shoe printing strongly; White and Boon's third state (of 3). Coat-of-arms with a Tower, Eagle, Rampant Lions and Golden Fleece watermark (Ash/Fletcher 5 Aa). Ex-collection Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq (Lugt 1336, verso). A superb, dark impression of this scarce print with selective wiping and crisp, inky plate edges, showing no signs of wear. Bartsch 121; Biörklund 32-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 121.
