Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam), The Great Jewish Bride, 1635. Etching; second state of five; sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.8 x 16.4 cm). H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.107.32 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The sitter is Saskia Uylenburg, Rembrandt's first wife, probably shown here as the biblical heroine Esther. The unfinished image is remarkable for its play of dramatic shadows and flickering lines of hair across the border of the unworked lower section of the plate. 

This work is exhibited in the "Unfinished: Thoughts Left Invisible" exhibition, on view through September 4th, 2016. #MetBreuer