Sale 5039
London, South Kensington
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8 December 2010
Price realised
GBP 9,375
Estimate
Rembrandt Harmensz van. Rijn (1606-1669) The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate (Bartsch, Hollstein 81; Hind 103) etching with engraving, 1633, without watermark, a very good impression of the fourth state (of five), with narrow margins, with a central horizontal drying crease (partially repaired on the reverse), a short repaired tear at the right sheet edge, defects in the blank area and the lower sheet edge, the tip of the lower right corner missing, framed P. 530 x 407 mm., S. 532 x 413 mm.
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