The Artist's Mother seated at a Table, looking right (B., Holl. 343; H. 52)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn The Artist's Mother seated at a Table, looking right (B., Holl. 343; H. 52) etching, 1631, second state (of three), watermark Eagle with Basel Crozier and pendant initials I D (cf. A. & F.), a good impression, the delicate detail on the face and hands printing well, with thread margins, the paper tone slightly darkened, with some pale scattered foxing, tiny touches of pen and ink at the upper corners and along the platemark, an unobtrusive diagonal crease at the upper left, minor defects on the reverse where previously hinged P., S. 148 x 130 mm.