Description:
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Clement De Jonghe, Printseller, 1651 (Bartsch, 272; Hollstein, 272 vi/vi). Signed and dated within the plate, identified in an inscription and on a label from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, on the backing. Etching on paper, plate size 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (20.8 x 16.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Trimmed along the plate mark, pale staining and fox marks, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: From the collection of Mina Boehm Metzger, New York, then by descent to the current owners.
Estimate $3,500-5,500
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