REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 152x197 mm; 6x7 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's seventh state (of 8); Usticke's fifth state (of 10); White and Boon's seventh state (of 8); New Hollstein ninth state (of 11). Ex-collection Henry Danby Seymour (Lugt 176, verso); Henry Percy Horne (Lugt 2804, verso); with C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, 1965, with their stock number in pencil, verso. A brilliant, dark and richly-inked impression with superb contrasts and no sign of wear, with burr throughou. Bartsch 46; Biörklund 52-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 46.
