Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) Rembrandt with a feathered cap. 1638. Etching. 103 x 133. Bartsch 20; New Hollstein 170. A very fine proof on thin laid paper (watermark: fragment of folly - 4 of strength extended by a ball), of the 2nd state (of 4), before further work, carefully washed. Some very light freckling. Two tiny brown dots to the right in the white. Some tiny thinning or snags at the extreme edge of the folio. Narrow margins. On verso, initialed by P. Mariette II (Lugt 1789-1790) in pen and sepia ink, with the date 1667.