Rembrandt with Cap Pulled Forward
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Rembrandt with Cap Pulled Forward
Etching
c. 1631
Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper.
A superb 17th century/lifetime impression of Bartsch’s sixth and final state, Usticke’s seventh state of seven, New Hollstein’s ninth state of ten, of this extremely scarce etching (characterized by G.W. Nowell-Usticke in his 1967 catalogue Rembrandt’s Etchings: States and Values as “an extremely rare small self-portrait” and assigned his scarcity rating of “RRR+” [30-50 impressions extant in that year]), printed prior to the addition of the diagonal lines to the right temple.
Bartsch 319 vi/vi
2 x 1 3/4 inches
c. 1631
