Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A fine impression of New Hollstein's third state (of five), printed before the additional shading. Jan Lutma, born in 1584 in Groningen, died in 1669, the same year as Rembrandt, was one of the most famous goldsmiths in Amsterdam. Rembrandt depicts Lutma, already 72 years old in 1656, in a leather-covered armchair, holding a statuette in his right hand, with goldsmith’s tools lying on the table to his right. Thread margins or trimmed to the platemark. – The upper and lower right corner restored. Verso with two diagonal, smoothed crease marks. The upper edge of the reverse backed with fine Japanese paper due to cover small spots of defects. Verso a few isolated stains, otherwise in good condition.