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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber.
Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1642. 149x170 mm; 5 7/8x6 3/4 inches. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (of 5); New Hollstein's third state (of 3), with the bars of the right window pane partially missing and the oval "string" in the window incomplete. Trimmed on the plate mark. A very good, dark and luminous impression, with all the subtle tonal variations and elements of the composition distinct and with the Saint highlighted by selectively wiping the ink on the plate to accentuate the rays streaming through the window panes.
Provenance: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, ink stamp and duplicate impression ink stamp (Lugt 1606 and 2398, verso); Adam Gottlieb Thierman, Berlin, with the ink stamp (Lugt 2434, verso). Bartsch 105; Biörklund 42-E; Hollstein (White and Boon) 105; New Hollstein 212.
