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Lot 50
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • the angel departing from the family of tobias (b., holl. 43; h. 185; bb. 41-g)
  • 103 by 153mm; 4 by 6 in
Etching, 1641, a fine impression of the second state (of four), still printing with good burr, on paper with a Basilisk watermark (Ash-Fletcher p. 77 Ab), with thread margin above, trimmed 1-2mm into work at sides (made-up in pen and ink), trimmed to platemark below, light stains at corners, backed with a thin sheet