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ON JAPAN PAPER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Star of Kings: a Night Piece.
Etching and drypoint on Japan paper, circa 1651. 94x141 mm; 33/4x55/8 inches. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (e) (of 7), with strong burr on the star and on the column to the left of the star and before the heavy horizontal shading lines on the face of the woman at the center. Ex-collection Josef Camesina de Pomal, inscription dated 1817 and inscribed "très belle" in ink (Lugt 429, verso); Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (Lugt 2926, verso); Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606); and George Biörklund (Lugt supplement 1138c, verso). A brilliant, early impression of this densely etched print. Bartsch 113; Biörklund 51-I; Hollstein (White and Boon) 113.
