Adam and Eve
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Adam and Eve
etching, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of New Hollstein’s second, final state, printing with little wear in the densely worked areas and with touches of burr around Eve’s eyes, with thread margins, trimmed on the platemark in places, the sheet backed with another sheet of laid paper, a made-up paper loss at the upper left corner, some short tears and other minor defects
Plate 162 x 116 mm., Sheet 165 x 119 mm.
Adam and Eve
etching, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of New Hollstein’s second, final state, printing with little wear in the densely worked areas and with touches of burr around Eve’s eyes, with thread margins, trimmed on the platemark in places, the sheet backed with another sheet of laid paper, a made-up paper loss at the upper left corner, some short tears and other minor defects
Plate 162 x 116 mm., Sheet 165 x 119 mm.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 28; Hind 159; New Hollstein 168
Special notice
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