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Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Three Heads of Women, One Asleep.
Etching, 1637. 143x86 mm; 5 3/4x3 3/8 inches. Usticke's first state (e) (of 3). Ex-collection Musée Grand Ducal, Schwerin (Lugt 2273 and 1079, verso). With thread margins three sides, trimmed just inside the plate mark lower edge with the blank space restored with another sheet. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with strong contrasts, before any signs of wear, with the horizontal line lower center distinct and with the delicate vertical wiping scratches in the upper background. Bartsch 368; Biörklund 37-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 368.
