Lot 55
  • 55

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | The Descent from the Cross: A Sketch (B., Holl. 82; New Holl. 204; H. 199)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Descent from the Cross: A Sketch (B., Holl. 82; New Holl. 204; H. 199)
  • plate: 145 by 116mm 5 3/4 by 4 1/2 in
  • sheet: 150 by 118mm 5 7/8 by 4 5/8 in
Etching and drypoint, 1642, New Hollstein's only state, a very good impression of this rare, lightly etched print, printing with the vertical polishing scratches and with touches of burr in the foreground

Provenance

Ex coll. Charles Scarisbrick (L. 522)

Condition

With thread margins on three sides, trimmed to the borderline at upper sheet edge, in good condition apart from a minute made up area at upper and lower left tips of sheet, the lower with touches of pen and ink, a nick at lower right sheet edge, a few small areas of thinning along sheet edges, a few pale fox marks, remnants of hinging at sheet edges verso, unframed.
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