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Rembrandt van Rijn
Descending from the Cross, by Torchlight

1654

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669 The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight 1654 etching and drypoint; sheet 213 x 163 mm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches) Bartsch 83, White/Boon only state; Hind 280; The New Hollstein 286 first state (of four) watermark foolscap with five-pointed collar (Hinterding variant G-b-a; vol. 2, p. 123, vol. 3, p. 214 ill.) provenance P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stock no. in pencil verso C.31001) The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey; sale, Christie’s, New York, May 13, 1997, lot 237 (sold $34,500 to C.G. Boerner) private collection, Germany (acquired in 1997); thence by descent A fine impression with patches of burr in the central group of figures; in impeccable, untreated condition with small margins all round.
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