Lot Essay
Hollstein records six impressions of this rare printing, which they attribute to Watelet.
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Self Portrait with The Artist's Mother with her Hand on her Chest: Small Bust (cf. B., Holl. 19; H. 144; BB. 36-A; and B., Holl. 349; H. 50; BB. 31-G)
etching, 1631-6, a falsified printing superimposing the two plates, a good impression with the vertical scratch across the artist's hand distinct, with narrow margins, laid to the mount at the reverse sheet edges, generally in good condition
P. 105 x 95mm.
Self Portrait with The Artist's Mother with her Hand on her Chest: Small Bust (cf. B., Holl. 19; H. 144; BB. 36-A; and B., Holl. 349; H. 50; BB. 31-G)
etching, 1631-6, a falsified printing superimposing the two plates, a good impression with the vertical scratch across the artist's hand distinct, with narrow margins, laid to the mount at the reverse sheet edges, generally in good condition
P. 105 x 95mm.