- Sl. agetoned w. a few sm. brown spots. Otherwise a fine impression.

= Extremely rare proof BEFORE the recorded first state of New Hollstein 258. No copies of this state traced by us. Various small lines/ scratches are present in this state, which were later erased by Rembrandt for the recorded first state. I.a. a small vertical line in the water right of the elbow of the man standing in the water (a very small part is still visible in the later states); two small lines on the lower bank to the right and one just above the bank in the lower right corner; one small scratch on the left, marking the upper bank, above the letter "R" in "Rembrandt"; two small dots at the right end of the central horizontal ripple in the water and a small diagonal scratch/ line between the bushes above the sitting man on the left. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.