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Three Heads of Women, One Asleep
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Etching, 1637. 125x95 mm; 5x3 inches.
Usticke’s first state (e) (of 3), with no sign of
wear in the dark cross-hatching in the hat of
the woman upper right. Ex-collection Karl
Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529,
verso); Berthold Gottlieb Emanuel Haller
(Lugt 1230a, verso); Kunstmuseum Bern
(Lugt 236f, lower right recto and verso); and
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin (Lugt 2398 and 1606, verso).Trimmed
inside the plate mark upper and lower edges,
with the full composition and signature
preserved, with thread margins or trimmed
on the plate mark left and right. A superb,
richly-inked and early impression with
strong contrasts. Bartsch 368; Biörklund 37-
D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 368.
[4,000/6,000]
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Studies of the Heads of Saskia and Others
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Etching, 1636. 152x124 mm; 6x4
7
/
8
inches.
Usticke’s second state (e) (of 2), with remnants
of the horizontal scratches between the head
of Saskia and the turbaned head in profile
upper left.With thread margins or trimmed
on the plate mark. A very good impression
with all the details distinct and with no sign of
wear. Bartsch 365; Biörklund 36-B; Hollstein
(White and Boon) 365.
[4,000/6,000]
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