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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Christ and the Woman of Samaria among Ruins.
Etching and drypoint, 1634. 123x105 mm; 4 7/8x4 1/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 4); White and Boon's first state (of 2). Double-headed eagle watermark (Hinterding C-a-b; the identical watermark is on the first state impressions of this subject in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Morgan Library and Museum, New York; and the Art Institute of Chicago). Ex-collection Henry Harper Benedict (Lugt 2963, verso). A superb, dark, early impression with strong contrasts and burr on the disciples' heads and distant buildings. Bartsch 71; Biörklund 34-L; Hollstein (White and Boon) 71.
