REMBRANDT VAN RIJN The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake.
Etching, 1654. 96x146 mm; 3 3/4x5 3/4 inches, small margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (e) (of 4), with the delicate diagonal shading on the Virgin's chin and on the bare patch above her right eye visible; White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb, well-inked and dark impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 63; Biörklund 54-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 63.
