Lot 47
  • 47

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds (B., Holl. 44; New Holl. 125; H. 120)
  • etching
  • sheet: 261 by 220mm 10 1/4 by 8 5/8 in
Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1634, a good though slightly later impression of the third (final) state, New Hollstein's third state (of six), printing with traces of burr on the angel, cherubs and elsewhere, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Blanchard Randall (L. 407)

Condition

Trimmed on or just inside the platemark, backed with a thick sheet of laid paper, otherwise apparently in good condition, framed.
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