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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe).
Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 154x206 mm; 6 1/8x8 1/8 inches. Usitcke's second state (of 3). Ex-collection Alexander Hunter (Lugt 2306, on the previous mount, preserved). With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A superb, well-inked and crisp impression with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear, with traces of burr.
Though technically less complex and with less of the grandeur of Christ Healing the Sick (Hundered Guilder Print), circa 1643-49 (see lots 134-136), this etching depicts a similar subject and is commonly viewed among the most important of Rembrandt's New Testament scenes. The less formal approach to the subject is evident in the figure of the doodling child sprawled out on the floor below Christ and by the inclusion of just a pair of sandaled feet at the extreme lower right corner. Bartsch 67; Biörklund 52-2; Hollstein (White and Boon) 67.
