FERDINAND BOL
The Astrologer.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1642-45. 127x95 mm; 5x3¾ inches, narrow margins. Second state (of 2). A very good, richly-inked, early impression with burr on the globe, the book and the ink well on the desk and in the upper right corner.

Provenance: Joseph von Camesina, Vienna, with his inscription and dated 1818 in ink verso (Lugt 429); unidentified collector, double oval with the initials O.H. violet ink stamp verso (not in Lugt).

Bol (1616-1680) arrived in Amsterdam in 1636, having completed his artist training in his native Dordrecht. He worked in Rembrandt van Rijn's workshop as an assistant, where he learned Rembrandt's style, until about 1641-42. Bol became a very successful artist in his own right, receiving several important commissions in and outside of Amsterdam. Hollstein 8.