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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Death of the Virgin.
Etching and drypoint, 1639. 385x309 mm; 15 1/4x12 1/4 inches. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4); Usticke's fourth state (of 5); White and Boon's third state (of 3); New Hollstein's fourth state (of 5). Bunch of grapes watermark (Ash/Fletcher 21 B., C. and D., which they date from the mid-1700s, and cites on similar impressions of this subject in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery, Washington, D.C., and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Trimmed inside the plate mark with most of the subject preserved. A very good, well-inked impression of this large etching with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99; New Hollstein 173.
