May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 139

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 387x310 mm; 15 1/4x12 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's fourth state (of 4), with the Watelet rework; Usticke's fourth state (e) (of 5); White and Boon's third state (of 3). A superb, dark, richly-inked impression of this large etching with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, with traces of burr. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.