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180 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Christ and theWoman of Samaria:An Arched Print
.
Etching and drypoint, 1657-58. 125x160 mm; 5x6
1
/
4
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s
third state (of 3); Usticke’s fourth state (e) (of 5), with the horizontal line through the
distant spire upper right distinct;White and Boon’s third state (of 3). A superb, richly-
inked and dark impression with strong contrasts and with burr on the woman’s hair, on
the wall between Christ and the woman and in the diagonal lines lower right. Bartsch 70;
Biörklund 57-B; Hollstein (White and Boon) 70.
[2,500/3,500]
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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Negress Lying Down
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Etching, drypoint and engraving, 1658. 82x155 mm; 3
1
/
4
x6
1
/
8
inches, wide margins.
Biörklund’s third state (of 3); Usticke’s fourth state (of 5);White and Boon’s third state
(of 3). A very good, well-inked and dark impression. Bartsch 205; Biörklund 58-E;
Hollstein (White and Boon) 205.
[2,000/3,000]
