Alongside Rembrandt’s graphic masterpiece Christ Presented to the People: Oblong Plate, 
 
 <a class="Link" href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/old-master-19th-century-paintings-evening-auction-2/christ-presented-to-the-people-oblong-plate">lot 13 in the upcoming Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction</a>
 
 , Sotheby’s is delighted to present a further selection of fine works by Dürer and Rembrandt from the collection of George Embiricos in the Old Master Prints sale.

Old Master Prints From the Estate of George Embiricos

Christ Presented to the People, or Ecce Homo, represents the culminating masterpiece of Rembrandt’s graphic oeuvre and one of the most prodigious artistic feats of his career. Along with Christ Crucified between two Thieves executed two years earlier, Ecce Homo is one of only two major religious works that Rembrandt executed entirely in drypoint, a laborious technique which involves scoring directly on the copper plate with a needle, without the use of acid.

Christ Presented to the People, or Ecce Homo

Spanning four centuries, the diverse range of woodcuts, etchings, engravings and aquatints presented in the Old Master Prints sale survey the early development of the fine art print throughout Europe, from Nuremberg to Madrid.

Leading examples of Western printmaking from the Renaissance to the 19th Century

Sale Highlights

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Yessica Marks

Director | Head of Sale

Charlotte North

Deputy Director | Specialist

Jennifer Strotz

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During Masters Week in London, Sotheby’s is delighted to present the annual Old Master Prints sale, open for bidding from December 1-8. This year's auction surveys the advent of Western printmaking, led by important subjects such as Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia I and Rembrandt's The Three Trees. Sale highlights include a selection of very fine Rembrandt etchings from the estate of the esteemed George Embiricos, alongside superb woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer all the way through to masterful aquatints by Francisco Goya.