The Presentation in the Temple with the Angel: Small Plate (B., Holl. 51; H. 18)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Presentation in the Temple with the Angel: Small Plate (B., Holl. 51; H. 18)
etching with drypoint, 1630, a very good impression of this lightly- bitten print, with burr on the priest's left hand, trimmed to the platemark on three sides, with slightly uneven thread margins below, in very good condition
(FPR 49)
P., S. 103 x 78 mm.

Provenance

George Hibbert (L. 2849)

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Lot Essay

This is Rembrandt's earliest rendition of the Presentation in etching, a subject to which he returned twice more (see Bartsch 49 and 50). Here Rembrandt has set the figures in an overwhelming architectural space, with the main figures huddled together in the centre. It shows how far he had come in only four years of etching, to be able to depict a such grand scene within the scope of a miniature print.
Reproduced actual size

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