Apr 15 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2700 -

Sale 2700 - Lot 148

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606 - 1669)
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight.

Etching and drypoint, 1654. 210x163 mm; 8¼x6½ inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (of 3); New Hollstein's third state (of 4). A very good, dark impression, before the significant wear in the dark shadows in the upper portion of the composition. Bartsch 83; Biörklund 54-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 83; New Hollstein 286.