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Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper
A clear and clean 17th century impression of Bartsch, Hind, Biorklund-Barnard, Usticke and New Hollstein’s third and final state of this extremely rare etching (characterized by G.W. Nowell-Usticke in his 1967 catalogue Rembrandt’s Etchings: States and Values as “a very scarce portrait”, and assigned his scarcity ratingn of “RR-” [50-75 impressions extant in that year]), printed after the removal of the diagonal scratch from the upper right corner of the plate.
Catalog: Bartsch 13 iii/iii; Hind 31 iii/iii; Biorklund-Barnard 30-N iii/iii; Usticke 13 iii/iii; New Hollstein 67 iii/iii.
2 7/8 x 2 7/16 inches
Sheet Size: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 inches
In excellent condition, with small margins outside the platemark on all four sides.
Literature regarding this artwork: Christopher White/Quentin Buvelot, Rembrandt by Himself, National Gallery Publications Ltd., London 1999, no. 23, p. 128 (ill.); Christopher White, Rembrandt’s Etchings: A study of the Artist at Work, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1999, no. 146, p. 117 (ill.); Erik Hinterding/Ger Luijten; Martin Royalton-Kisch, Rembrandt the Printmaker, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago & London, 2000, p. 93 (ill.); Clifford S. Ackley, Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter-Draftsman-Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1003, no. 16, p. 81 (ill.). Stephanie S. Dickey, Rembrandt Portraits in Print, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 2004, no. 19, p. 222 (ill.).
Collections in which impressions of this state of this etching can be found: Kunstmuseum, Basel; Kupferstichkabinett der Staatliches Museen, Berlin; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Kunsthalle, Bremen; Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Rayale de Belgique, Brussels; Szépmüvészéti Museum, Budapest; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Kaunstsammlungen des Veste, Coburg; Statens Museums fur Kunst, Copenhagen; Graphischen Sammlung des Hessischen Landesmuseums, Darmstadt; Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatliche Kunsrsammlungen, Dresden; Graphische Sammlung des Städel Museums, Frankfurt; Teylers Museum, Haarlem; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Prentenkabinet des Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden; The British Museum, London; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna; Muzeum Narodowe Warszawie, Warsaw; National Gallery of Art, Washington.
The usual title of this little etching – one of the studies in which Rembrandt portrayed himself with different expressions – leaves unresolved the question of which emotion is intended here. Nonetheless it is quite clear that he is shouting out with a face contracted in pain.
