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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate.
Etching and engraving, 1633. 527x405 mm; 20 3/4x16 inches. Biörklund's second state (of 5); Usticke's second state (of 5), before the address of Danckers in the lower margin; White and Boon's second state (of 5). Strasburg Lily with the initials WR watermark (Ash/Fletcher 36 C b). Ex-collection Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119, verso). Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, just inside the plate mark right edge. A brilliant, dark impression of this large print, with even the most densely cross-hatched areas printing clearly and with no signs of wear. Bartsch 81; Biörklund 33-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 81.
