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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Three Trees.
Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1643. 206x276 mm; 8 1/8x11 inches. Usticke's second state (of 2). Strasbourg Lily watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36 E´.a.). A very good, well-inked impression.
The lower half of the subject, from the left edge to 1/2-inch right of the furthest tree branch to the right and from the lower edge to the tops of the trees by Rembrandt (this part of the sheet with the Strasbourg Lily watermark); the upper third of the subject and 3/4-inch of the right side to the right edge a copy by Captain Baillie which has been adhered to the Rembrandt etching to complete the composition. Bartsch 212; Biörklund 43-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 212.
