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Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper.
A strong and dark 17th century impression of Bartsch and Usticke’s sixth and final state, New Hollstein’s ninth state of nine, of this scarce etching (characterized by G.W. Nowell-Usticke in his 1967 critical analysis Rembrandt’s Etchings: States and Values, as “very rare,” and given his scarcity rating of “RRR” [30-50 impressions extant in that year), printed after the addition of the pillar and arch to the right of the man.
Catalog: Bartsch 172 vi/vi; Hind 16; Biorklund-Barnard 30-7; Usticke 172 vi/vi; New Hollstein 47 ix/ix.
3 9/16 x 2 5/8 inches
Trimmed down to the platemark, otherwise in fine condition.
