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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Death of the Virgin.
Etching and drypoint, 1639. 397x317 mm; 15 3/4x12 1/2 inches. Biörklund's third state (of 4), before the fine vertical shading on the bedpost (probably added around 1760-85); Usticke's third state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 3). Strasbourg Bend watermark (Ash/Fletcher 35, which they cite for this subject). Trimmed on or inside the plate mark, with thread margins outside the border line. A superb, evenly-printed impression of this large print with strong contrasts and very little to no sign of wear. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.
