REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An Arched Print.
Etching and drypoint, 1657-58. 125x160 mm; 5x6 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 3); Usticke's third state (of 5), before the delicate horizontal line across the spire upper right; White and Boon's second state (of 3); New Hollstein third state (of 4). Arms of Bristol watermark (Hinterding A-a-b). Ex-collection unknown collector, red ink stamp with the initial A in a circle (Lugt 56, verso). A superb, delicate and richly-inked impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 70; Biörklund 57-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 70.
