Lot 53
  • 53

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • The Flight into Egypt: Small Plate (B., Holl. 52; New Holl. 117; H. 105)
  • etching
  • sheet: 91 by 65mm 3 5/8 by 2 5/8 in
Etching, 1633, the first state (of two), New Hollstein's first state (of four), a good impression of this scarce, lightly etched print

Provenance

With an unidentified, indecipherable collector's mark

Condition

With thread margins, slightly discoloured mainly at edges of sheet, backed with a thin sheet of Japan paper, a diagonal tear across upper right corner, a small loss at extreme tip of lower right corner, unframed.
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