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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A Woman sitting half-dressed beside a Stove (B., Holl.197; H.296; BB. 58-B)
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1658, the extremely rare third state (of seven), before the addition of the key in the stove and the removal of the model's cap, a very fine, warm impression of this very rare print, on thickish Japanese paper, with thread margins almost all round, a short diagonal crease at the upper right corner showing only on the reverse, a less obtrusive horizontal fold near the top again noticeable only on the reverse, slight soiling on the reverse, one or two tiny defects at the lower sheet edge, generally in very good condition
P.222 x 187mm.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A Woman sitting half-dressed beside a Stove (B., Holl.197; H.296; BB. 58-B)
etching with drypoint and engraving, 1658, the extremely rare third state (of seven), before the addition of the key in the stove and the removal of the model's cap, a very fine, warm impression of this very rare print, on thickish Japanese paper, with thread margins almost all round, a short diagonal crease at the upper right corner showing only on the reverse, a less obtrusive horizontal fold near the top again noticeable only on the reverse, slight soiling on the reverse, one or two tiny defects at the lower sheet edge, generally in very good condition
P.222 x 187mm.
Provenance
Part of a pen and ink numbering or date (?) at the lower sheet edge verso