Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Shell (conno marmoreus) (B., Holl.159; H.428; BB.50-E)

etching with drypoint and engraving, 1650, second state (of three), a very fine impression and of the greatest rarity, with the three balls of a Foolscap watermark, showing the usual touches of wear in the densely hatched background and to the spiral of the shell, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, a horizontal crease in the blank area below the subject noticeable mainly on the reverse, a minor thin spot at the reverse lower right corner, traces of old mounting along the upper reverse sheet edges, otherwise in good condition
P.92 x 132mm.
來源
J.F. Linck (L.1685)