Rembrandt and his Wife Saskia
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Rembrandt and his Wife Saskia
Etching
1636
Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper.
A superb 17th century/lifetime impression of Bartsch’s second state of three, Usticke’s second state of six, New Hollstein’s second state of four, printed after the curved slipped stroke above Saskia’s right eyebrow was removed, but before the false biting in the dark shadow beside the artist’s cheek was reworked.
Signed and dated in the plate upper left Rembrandt f. 1636.
Bartsch 19 ii/iii
1636
4 5/16 x 3 13/16 inches
