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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake.
Etching and drypoint, 1654. 96x146 mm; 3 3/4x5 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's first state (of 2), with the foul-biting along the upper edge of the plate; Usticke's first state (e) (of 4), with the fine vertical scratches to the right of the date lower center and with crisp, inky plate edges; White and Boon's first state (of 2). Foolscap with a 7-pointed collar watermark. Ex-collection Peter Gellatly (Lugt 1185, verso). A superb, richly-inked and dark impression with strong contrasts and no signs of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 63; Biörklund 54-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 63.
