REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Circumcision in the Stable.
Etching, 1654. 98x148 mm; 4x5 7/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2); Usticke's first state (of 3); White and Boon's first state (of 2). Foolscap with a 7-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher 20). Ex-collection Franz Gawet, dated 1801 in ink (Lugt 1069, verso); Johann Sigmund Bergmann, dated 1831 (Lugt 235, verso); and Joseph Daniel Böhm (Lugt 271 and 1443, verso). A superb, early impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 47; Biörklund 54-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 47.
