Bust of an old bearded Man, looking down, three Quarters right

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) Bust of an old bearded Man, looking down, three Quarters right etching with engraving 1631 on laid paper, without watermark a fine impression of the second state (of three) before the reduction of the plate printing sharply and with good contrasts, with tiny touches of burr on the face a thread margin at right, trimmed to the platemark elsewhere some sketched additional lines in pen and brown ink at lower right generally in good condition Plate & Sheet 112 x 119 mm.