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Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face dark: Bust
Details
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face dark: Bust
etching, 1633, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of the second state (of five), the face printing very darkly and evenly but beginning to show some wear in the cap, trimmed inside the platemark, with skilfully made-up paper losses on all sides, with touches of pen and ink in places, the borderline penned in, framed
Sheet 135 x 104 mm.
Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face dark: Bust
etching, 1633, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of the second state (of five), the face printing very darkly and evenly but beginning to show some wear in the cap, trimmed inside the platemark, with skilfully made-up paper losses on all sides, with touches of pen and ink in places, the borderline penned in, framed
Sheet 135 x 104 mm.
Provenance
Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Bonn, Germany (Lugt 1383); probably his sale, Weigel, Leipzig, 28 April 1856, lot 25 (6-2 Rth).
Unidentified collector's mark FH in orange ink verso (not in Lugt).
With Colnaghi, London, their stock number C. 286641 verso.
Unidentified collector's mark FH in orange ink verso (not in Lugt).
With Colnaghi, London, their stock number C. 286641 verso.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 17; Hind 108; New Hollstein 120
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