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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Three Heads of Women: One Asleep.
Etching, 1637. 143x96 mm; 5 3/4x3 3/8 inches. Usticke's first state (e) (of 3); New Hollstein's first state (of 3). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark, with the entire subject preserved. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with strong contrasts, before any sign of wear, with the horizontal line lower center distinct and with the delicate vertical wiping scratches in the upper background.
Provenance: Christian Gottlieb Crusius (1717-1783), Dresden, ink stamp verso (Lugt 548). Bartsch 368; Biörklund 37-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 368; New Hollstein 161.
