Apr 30, 2009 - Sale 2178

Sale 2178 - Lot 33

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate.

Etching and engraving, 1633. 533x410 mm; 21x16 1/4 inches. Biörklund's fifth state (of 5); Usticke's fourth state (e) (of 5), with the publisher's name effaced but still partially showing and with strong shading on the face of the uppermost man; White and Boon's fifth state (of 5). With narrow to thread margins or trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. A very good, dark impression of this large print. Bartsch 81; Biörklund 33-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 81.