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"Jan Asselyn" by Rembrandt Van Rijn, Dutch, (1606-1669)
Etching with Drypoint, 1630's?, final state, B. 277, 7-3/8 x 6-5/8, signed in the plate lower right, trimmed just within the plate mark, a diagonal line in the paper at lower left extending from the open book on the table up into the background, a sight stain at the left edge, traces of burr still visible in the hat and on the cloak.