REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SASKIA (B., HOLL. 19; NEW HOLL. 158; H. 144)

Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 - 1669
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SASKIA (B., HOLL. 19; NEW HOLL. 158; H. 144)

Etching, 1636, a very good impression of New Hollstein's third state (of four), unframed
sheet: 105 by 94mm 4⅛ by 3¾in

Condition Report:
With a thread margin at the upper sheet edge, trimmed on or just within the plate mark elsewhere but retaining a fillet of paper outside the borderline, in good condition apart from a skilfully repaired tear at upper left (just affecting the signature) and another at centre of right sheet edge, a small glue stain verso showing through faintly recto at upper left, unframed.

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Provenance:
Ex coll. Fürst Karl Paar (L. 2009)