Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

(Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Old man, seen from behind, c. 1629, etching with traces of drypoint, on fine laid paper, 7,2 x 4,2 cm, with tiny margins along platemarks, Bartsch 143, White-Boon 143, New Hollstein 33a IV (of VII), mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Princes D'Arenberg, Lugt 567;
Collector’s paraphe V. Heuss (not with Lugt);
Private collection, Germany

A brilliant contemporary impression of the IVth (of VII), prior to the further reworkings. The paper slightly browned, the remains of a former mount on the reverse, in very good condition.