Nov 03, 2016 - Sale 2429

Sale 2429 - Lot 181

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight.

Etching and drypoint, 1654. 210x163 mm; 8 1/4x6 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's third state (of 3). Ex-collection the artist William Morris Hunt (1824-1879). A very good, dark and well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 83; Biörklund 54-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 83.