May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 148

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin.

Etching and drypoint, 1639. 387x310 mm; 15 1/4x12 1/4 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 4), before the Watelet and Basan rework; Usticke's second state (of 5); White and Boon's second state (of 3). Bunch of grapes with a thick stem and proprietary watermark (Ash/Fletcher 21 B.; Heawood 2283; which dates from circa 1735). 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.