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Christ Preaching (La Petit Tombe)
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Etching and drypoint, circa 1652. 155x208 mm; 6
1
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8
x8
1
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4
inches, narrow margins. Usticke’s
first state (of 3), before theWatelet retouching.Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash/Fletcher
1, they date most impressions of various subjects by Rembrandt with this watermark from
the 1650s). Ex-collection Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (Lugt 2434, verso); and
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1606 and 2482, verso). A superb,
well-inked “white sleeve” impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear.