Lot 41
  • 41

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate (B., Holl. 73; New Holl. 113; H. 96)
  • etching
  • plate: 369 by 258mm 14 1/2 by 10in
Etching, circa 1632, a fine impression of the eighth state (of ten), New Hollstein's fifth state (of nine), printing with contrast

Provenance

Ex coll. Richard Fisher (L. 2204); an unidentified collector's mark WE, possibly William Edwards (L. 2616)

Condition

Trimmed on the platemark and re-margined, a vertical circa 5cm repaired tear at centre of top, a short diagonal graphite mark just right of the curtain at centre, a soft diagonal crease at lower left corner visible from the verso, very slight paper discoloration and other minor defects, unframed.
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