REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | THE SECOND ORIENTAL HEAD (B., HOLL. 287; NEW HOLL. 150; H. 132)

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 - 1669
THE SECOND ORIENTAL HEAD (B., HOLL. 287; NEW HOLL. 150; H. 132)

Etching, circa 1635, a very good impression of New Hollstein's only state, just beginning to show a few touches of wear in the densely hatched areas, on paper with a Double-Headed Eagle watermark (Hinterding C.a), unframed
sheet: 148 by 121mm 5⅞ by 4¾in

Condition Report:
Trimmed a few millimetres within the unprinted area of the subject at the upper sheet edge and on or fractionally within the plate mark elsewhere, otherwise in good condition apart from supported thinned areas along the left edge, unframed.

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