Prints & Multiples
Prints & Multiples
Property from a Private Collection
Auction Closed
March 19, 05:10 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 - 1669
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS BY TORCHLIGHT (B., HOLL. 83; NEW HOLL. 286; H. 280)
Etching and drypoint, 1654, a very fine, cleanly-wiped impression of New Hollstein's first state (of four), printing with great contrasts and rich burr, unframed
plate: 210 by 163mm 8⅜ by 6⅜in
sheet: 214 by 165mm 8½ by 6½in
This impression compares favourably with the Cracherode impressions at the British Museum
