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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Death of the Virgin
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Etching and drypoint, 1639. 387x310 mm; 15
1
/
4
x12
1
/
4
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s
second state (of 4), before the Watelet and Basan rework; Usticke’s second state (of 5);
White and Boon’s second state (of 3). Bunch of grapes with a thick stem and proprietary
watermark (Ash/Fletcher 21 B.; Heawood 2283; which dates from circa 1735). A superb,
dark, richly-inked impression of this large etching with very strong contrasts and no sign
of wear, with traces of burr. Bartsch 99; Biörklund 39-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 99.
[10,000/15,000]