Christ healing the Sick: A Fragment (cf. B., Holl. 74; H. 236)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Christ healing the Sick: A Fragment (cf. B., Holl. 74; H. 236)
etching with drypoint, circa 1649, on wove, a clear impression of this rare fragment, with margins, laid into a window mount at the sheet edges on the reverse, generally in very good condition
P. 141 x 74 mm; S. 143 x 78 mm.

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Captain William Baillie acquired Rembrandt's most famous plate around 1775, and after re-touching it he printed several editions on French, Indian, Japon paper, and even satin, in ascending order of value. Baillie then took the radical step of cutting the plate into four pieces in order to allay collectors' fears that this print would become too common. Impressions from these fragments were sold alongside the complete prints by the print dealers Boydell in London.

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