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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight (B., Holl. 83; H. 280; BB. 54-G)
etching with drypoint, 1654, a very fine, early and cleanly wiped impression, with considerable burr beneath the arm of the man pulling the shroud, to the neck and waist of the man supporting Christ, on Christ's beard and elsewhere, watermark Arms of Amsterdam, with small margins beyond the crisp and unpressed platemark, a very minor vertical crease showing only on the reverse, generally in excellent condition
P. 211 x 161 mm., S. 219 x 171 mm.
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight (B., Holl. 83; H. 280; BB. 54-G)
etching with drypoint, 1654, a very fine, early and cleanly wiped impression, with considerable burr beneath the arm of the man pulling the shroud, to the neck and waist of the man supporting Christ, on Christ's beard and elsewhere, watermark Arms of Amsterdam, with small margins beyond the crisp and unpressed platemark, a very minor vertical crease showing only on the reverse, generally in excellent condition
P. 211 x 161 mm., S. 219 x 171 mm.
Provenance
A. Artaria (L. 33)