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Swann Auction Galleries (sale 2566, 'Old Master Through Modern Prints', 6 May 2021, lot 87)
- Holder
- Swann Auction Galleries (sale 2566, 'Old Master Through Modern Prints', 6 May 2021, lot 87)
- Place
- New York, United States
- Accession
- —
- Title as catalogued
- Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap and Plume
- Date as catalogued
- 1638
- Medium as catalogued
- Etching and drypoint
- State
- Not stated by the institution
- State, verbatim
- Biorklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's second state (i-l) (of 3), with the delicate details on the face and beard distinct and the shading lower right clear, before the Jean rework
- Catalogue references
- Bartsch 20; Biorklund 38-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 20
- Plate
- 135 x 105
- Sheet
- —
- Watermark
- —
- Collector marks
- —
- Provenance
- —
- Credit line
- —
- Condition
- —
- Rights
- Not stated
- Checked
- 2026-08-12 — Project — record read directly from the holding institution's own published record
Transcription notes
LOWER EVIDENCE TIER. Condition note verbatim: 'A very good, well-inked and crisp impression with strong contrasts and touches of burr on the beard, right eye and below the brim of the hat.' Sheet described as 'narrow to thread margins'. Valuable mainly because it records the Biorklund and Usticke state systems (both 3 states) and names the 'Jean rework' as the later intervention.
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