REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate.
Etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1632. 370x261 mm; 14 5/8x10 1/4 inches. Biörklund's ninth state (of 9); Usticke's eighth state (i) (of 10), with the dense cross-hatching on the back of Christ's robe and the back of the man at the far lower left still very dark, showing little to no sign of wear and with traces of burr on the turban and face of the man below the outstretched right arm of the standing man at right, on the hair of the woman standing in front of the man with outstretched arms and at the foot of Lazarus's tomb; White and Boon's tenth state (of 10). Auvergne or proprietary watermark. A very good, well-inked, dark and evenly-printed impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 73; Biörklund 32-4; Hollstein (White and Boon) 73.
