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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Return of the Prodigal Son
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Etching and drypoint, 1636. 158x136 mm; 6
1
/
4
x5
3
/
8
inches, narrow margins. Usticke’s first
state (of 4), with the toe of the boot at the far right still printing. A superb, dark and
evenly-printed impression, with very strong contrasts and no wear in the densely cross-
hatched areas to the right of the son’s nose, and with the faint landscape and buildings in
the left background manifest, characteristic of the earliest impressions of this etching.
Bartsch 91; Biörklund 36-D; Hollstein (White and Boon) 91.
[10,000/15,000]