"Jan Asselyn" by Rembrandt Van Rijn, Dutch, (1606-1669) Fresco 7-15/16 x 5-15/16

7-15/16 x 5-15/16

published in Paris by Francois Delarue

signed and dated Sept

a rapidly drawn and forcefully wrought image of the Buffalo rail yards with great economy and abandon in the rendering of the smoke wafting from the idling engines

"Adante" remains one of his most compelling prints

"Jan Asselyn" by Rembrandt Van Rijn, Dutch, (1606-1669) Fresco 7-15/16 x 5-15/16Etching with Drypoint, 1630's?, final state, B. 277, 7 3 8 x 6 5 8, signed in the plate lower right, trimmed just within the plate mark, a diagonal line in the paper at lower left extending from the open book on the table up into the background, a sight stain at the left edge, traces of burr still visible in the hat and on the cloak.