REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Selfportrait,... - Lot 22 - Eric Caudron

REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Selfportrait, Rembrandt and Saskia" (Selfportrait, Rembrandt and Saskia). 1636. Original etching. Signed "Rembrandt f" and dated in the composition in the upper left corner. Ref: Hind, no. 144, New Hollstein & Bartsch, no. 19. Proof of a late print, on laid paper. Small margins. Rembrandt's wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, was one of his favorite models. This etching, made only two years after their marriage, depicts the thirty-year-old Rembrandt and his new wife. It is the only etching in which the artist depicts himself with Saskia. The subject is 10.5 x 9.5 cm. 11,4 x 10,2 cm the sheet. Condition B (a small print crease at the top slightly reaching the artist's hat, formerly mounted from the left corners on laid paper and sunned).