The image seen by Nebuchadnezar (B., Holl. 36A; H. 284)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The image seen by Nebuchadnezar (B., Holl. 36A; H. 284)
etching with engraving and drypoint, 1655, fifth state (of five), from the divided plate, a very good impression, with touches of burr, trimmed on or just inside the platemark on three sides, circa 55 mm. into the blank area below, a tiny brown spot at the lower left margin, otherwise in very good condition
(FPR 47)
P., S. 105 x 70 mm.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 1991, lot 102

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Lot Essay

This etching is one of four made for a book by Manasseh ben Israel, a friend of Rembrandt's, entitled Piedra gloriosa de la estatua de Nebuchadnesar. The slim volume, written in Spanish, is a mystical treatise on the coming of the Messiah. It concerns 'the glorious stone, hewn not by human hand'. The image with the feet of clay and iron that Nebuchadnezar saw in his dream was shattered by the stone, which would ultimately fill the entire earth. Rembrandt makes a reference to this in the globe on the right.
Reproduced actual size

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