Lot 74
  • 74

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Saint Jerome in a Dark Chamber (B., Holl. 105; New Holl. 212; H. 201)
  • etching
  • sheet: 157 by 173mm 6 1/8 by 6 3/4 in
Etching with drypoint and engraving, 1642, a good, atmospheric impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), though showing slight traces of wear in places, on paper with an Arms of Amsterdam watermark

Condition

With a narrow margin at the lower sheet edge, a thread margin or trimmed on the plate mark at the top, otherwise trimmed on the plate mark, in good condition apart from two tiny, unobtrusive additions in pen and ink at the extreme lower right edge of subject, a tiny stain in the lower margin, unframed.
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