Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Woman with a High Headdress Wrapped around the Chin: Bust
Beschreibung
A good impression of New Hollstein’s second (final) state with fine horizontal wiping scratches and the plate scratches manifest and sharp. With thread margins.
Rembrandt etched this old woman twice, wearing different clothes. They seem to be impromptu studies. This is due not only to the loose etching style, but certainly also to the singular way in which both images are cropped. Rembrandt did this by applying varnish to some areas of the small copper plates on which he had already drawn. – A barely noticeable vertical handle mark. On the reverse, in the lower left corner, there are brown spots, faintly showing through to the front. Verso, along the left edge with a mounting strip, otherwise in good condition.
Rembrandt etched this old woman twice, wearing different clothes. They seem to be impromptu studies. This is due not only to the loose etching style, but certainly also to the singular way in which both images are cropped. Rembrandt did this by applying varnish to some areas of the small copper plates on which he had already drawn. – A barely noticeable vertical handle mark. On the reverse, in the lower left corner, there are brown spots, faintly showing through to the front. Verso, along the left edge with a mounting strip, otherwise in good condition.