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Though technically less complex and with less of the grandeur of
Christ Healing the Sick
(Hundred Guilder Print)
, circa 1643-49 (see lot 150), this etching depicts a similar subject
and is commonly seen as being among the most important of Rembrandt’s NewTestament
scenes. The less formal approach to the subject is evident in the figure of the doodling
child sprawled out on the floor below Christ and by the inclusion of just a pair of sandaled
feet at the extreme lower right corner. Bartsch 67; Biörklund 52-2; Hollstein (White and
Boon) 67.
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