The Plate MarkRembrandt · Bartsch 20

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Private collection

Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume · NP-RMB-001
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Holder
Private collection
Place
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accession
NP-RMB-001
Title as catalogued
Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume
Date as catalogued
1638
Medium as catalogued
Drypoint etching, on laid paper
State
III · New Hollstein
State, verbatim
New Hollstein 170, state III (of IV, without signature, diagonal scratch in plate at upper left only slightly visible)
Catalogue references
Bartsch 20; New Hollstein 170, state III (of IV)
Plate
134 × 103 (per New Hollstein, for the plate)
Sheet
137 × 104
Watermark
Collector marks
Provenance
Bonhams, Fine Books and Manuscripts, sale 28358, lot 182, New York, 24 April – 4 May 2023; private collection, Dubai. No ownership documented before 2023; the verso carries no collector's mark.
Credit line
Private collection, Dubai
Condition
Left margin roughly trimmed, some wrinkling, dampstaining to lower left corner including part of image. Unmounted. Not assessed by a conservator.
Rights
Metadata CC0 1.0. No images published.
Checked
2026-08-12 — Project — transcribed from the auction catalogue entry and the payment receipt

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