THE ARTIST’S MOTHER WITH HER HAND ON HER CHEST
Rembrandt Van Rijn
THE ARTIST’S MOTHER WITH HER HAND ON HER CHEST
etching
1631
An original Rembrandt Van Rijn etching.
1631
Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper.
Signed with the artist’s monogram and dated in the plate in the title margin below the image RL 1631.
A 19th century impression of Bartsch’s second and final state, Usticke’s seventh state of seven, New Hollstein’s sixth and final state, printed after the background was reworked with new crosshatching and new shading was added to the face above the right eye and on the right cheek. Printed at the H.L. Basan workshop circa 1807-08.
Catalog: Bartsch 349 ii/ii; Hind 50; Biorklund-Barnard 31-9; Usticke 349 vii/vii; New Hollstein 87 vi/vi.
