Lot 81
  • 81

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606-1669

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Presentation in the Temple in the Dark Manner (B., HOLL. 50; H. 279; BB. 57-1)
  • 208 by 161mm; 8 1/4 by 6 3/8 in
Etching with drypoint, circa 1654, a fine, glittering impression of this exceptionally rare print, only state, with flashes of burr on all the drypoint, on paper with a PB countermark probably from an Arms of Amsterdam watermark, with small margins, a short tear in left margin just extending into image, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

A duplicate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (L. 1943)

Condition

In good condition as catalogued
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