A Standing Hurdy-Gurdy Player (Polander Standing with Arms Folded)

Date: 1631
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:   52 x 48 mm.    2 x 1 7/8 in.
Reference: Bartsch 140; Hollstein B140, first state of two; New Hollstein 75, first state of two, with the uneven plate edges
Provenance: Probably from an old French collection judging from the no. “39” and the title “Polonaise” in pencil verso referring to M. Gersaint’s catalogue raisonné published in Paris in 1751; O. Gerstenberg (Lugt 1840C and 2785, with a note of sale by his secretary Montag “M326” on the verso); C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf (1958, lot 241); Dr. W. Lippisch, Munich; Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler; 2007 to Private collection, Netherlands
Impression: Fine early impression with burr 
Condition: Excellent, trimmed to the platemark