REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes").
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes").
Etching, 1651. 107x138 mm; 4¼x5½ inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2), with the pale circular corrosion spot upper center; Usticke's third state (of 3); White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's third state (of 3), with the two small dots upper right but with no additional posthumous rework. Partial Seven Provinces watermark (Ash/Fletcher 34 B. a., which they date to the mid-1700s and cite for another similar impression of this subject in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Hinterding B.a. 8, which he dates to after 1709). A very good, crisp and well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 195; Biörklund 51-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 195; New Hollstein 258.
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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes").
Etching, 1651. 107x138 mm; 4¼x5½ inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2), with the pale circular corrosion spot upper center; Usticke's third state (of 3); White and Boon's second state (of 2); New Hollstein's third state (of 3), with the two small dots upper right but with no additional posthumous rework. Partial Seven Provinces watermark (Ash/Fletcher 34 B. a., which they date to the mid-1700s and cite for another similar impression of this subject in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Hinterding B.a. 8, which he dates to after 1709). A very good, crisp and well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 195; Biörklund 51-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 195; New Hollstein 258.
