Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume etching 1638 on laid paper, partial watermark Strasbourg Lily (pendant initials WR) a fine impression of the second state (of four) printing sharply and delicately yet with good contrasts some tiny ink smudges on and just below the mouth and on his right eye with thread margins on three sides or trimmed on the platemark below some minor foxing and staining, a couple of short tears otherwise in good condition Plate 13,3 x 10,3 cm. (5 ¼ x 4 1⁄8 in.) Sheet 13,5 x 10,5 cm. (5 3⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 in.)