Etching. Ca. 1629.
Size: 27 x 21 mm. Surface: 6 cm2.
Not signed, not dated.
Copper Plate
The copperplate was not part of any of the major, early collections and is probably not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2025): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstein 2013): extremely rare Early: 1 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): A unique rarity, a tiny grotesque head
Description
By far the smallest of all etchings was for a long period not accepted as authentic. The first attribution by Hind was based on an inscription by William Baillie. Hinterding considers it authentic based on the copy listed hereunder.
Related
According to many (early) authors, this plate is not by Rembrandt. It is accepted by Hind, Nowell-Usticke, Björklund, White-Boon and the New Hollstein.
Copies
There is a copy in the same direction by William James Smith, 1824 (27 x 20 mm, WB)
Prints and collections
The only known impression is in the British Museum.
Literature
H 389, BB 31-21, G , M -, Mz 29, RA -, Cl -, W -, Bl -, Du -, Do – Baas 2015 , p. 166-167;
