REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece.
Etching and drypoint, circa 1657. 152x197 mm; 6x7¾ inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's seventh state (of 8); Usticke's sixth state (of 10); White and Boon's eighth state (of 8); New Hollstein's eighth state (of 11). A brilliant, luminous and richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, all the figures distinct and burr throughout the image. Bartsch 46; Biörklund 52-1; Hollstein (White and Boon) 46; New Hollstein 300.
Provenance: George Björklund, Stockholm, the author of the artist's catalogue raisonné (Lugt 1138c, verso).
