Jan Asselyn, Painter

Rembrandt Van Rijn

167455 Rembrandt Van Rijn Jan Asselyn, Painter also known as Crabbetje B., Holl. 277; BB 47-1 1647 6'' x 6 5/8'' Etching and drypoint on thin laid paper with substantial, clean margins. Signed and dated Rembr f. 16 (with the last two digits illegible), lower right corner. Biorklund Barnard's fourth state of four, White and Boon's third state of three, and Nowell Eusticke's third state of six after the right cheek was retouched with a group of fine lines that follow the contour of the cheek down to the chin. According to Nowell Eusticke, a late third state impression as issued by P.F. Basan (1785-1797) showing the series of close parallel horizontal lines along the lower left border beyond the last vertical line at left, and the fine vertical parallel lines protruding above the hat at right. According to White and Boon, the sitter, Jan Asselyn returned from Rome in 1645 and married the sister of a former pupil of Rembrandt, Ferdinand Bol. The term Crabtree comes from a deformity in the sitter's hands.

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6" x 6 5/8"

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ETCHING

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