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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Descent From the Cross: Second Plate
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Etching and engraving, 1633. 530x406 mm; 21x16 inches. Biörklund’s fourth state (of 5);
Usticke’s third state (of 5), with the address of Danckers lower margin;White and Boon’s
fourth state (of 5).A very good, dark impression of this large etching, with strong contrasts
and the details on the figural group centered around the cross distinct.
Issued by the Amsterdam publisher Julius Danckers around 1685, after he had acquired
the plate from Hendrick van Uylenburgh, the uncle of Saskia van Uylenburgh,
Rembrandt’s wife. Bartsch 81; Biörklund 33-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 81.
[8,000/12,000]