REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Flute Player.
Etching and drypoint. New Hollstein's fourth state (of 5). The upper, fleur-de-lys portion of a Basel Crozier watermark (Ash/Fletcher 11; they note similar watermarks on several impressions of this subject in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, with narrow lower margin. According to Usticke, "A scarce plate (R+)."
1642
115x143 mm; 4 1/2x5 5/8 inches.
Bartsch 188; New Hollstein 211.
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Etching and drypoint. New Hollstein's fourth state (of 5). The upper, fleur-de-lys portion of a Basel Crozier watermark (Ash/Fletcher 11; they note similar watermarks on several impressions of this subject in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, with narrow lower margin. According to Usticke, "A scarce plate (R+)."
1642
115x143 mm; 4 1/2x5 5/8 inches.
Bartsch 188; New Hollstein 211.