Lot 150: MICHAEL SWEERTS (1618-1664) Portrait of a Man Plate 209 x 164 mm., Sheet 212 x 166 mm.

MICHAEL SWEERTS (1618-1664)
Portrait of a Man
etching, circa 1643-61, on laid paper, without watermark, a brilliant, early impression, printing with intense contrasts and with the spot of foulbiting on the left sleeve printing very strongly, with narrow margins, in very good condition
Plate 209 x 164 mm., Sheet 212 x 166 mm.

Unidentified, paraphe in ink verso (not in Lugt).
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654); his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26-29 April 1921, lot 1043 ('Brillanter früher Abdruck, mit dem noch starken Ätzfleck auf dem linken Unterärmel. Mit etwas Rand.').