Saint Jerome beside the Pollard Willow (B., Holl. 103; H. 232)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Saint Jerome beside the Pollard Willow (B., Holl. 103; H. 232) etching with drypoint, 1648, with part of a Strasbourg Lily watermark (probably Hinterding variant D), a very fine, early impression of the second, final state, printing with rich, extensive burr, with small margins, a horizontal central fold faintly visible recto, the fold probably partly broken and thinly backed with paper fibres, with a minor, repaired paper split in the tree at centre, a few tiny touches of pen and ink in the tree, otherwise in very good condition, framed P. 178 x 132 mm., S. 183 x 135 mm.