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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
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Etching and drypoint, 1654. 210x163 mm; 8
1
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4
x6
1
/
2
inches, narrow margins. Biörklund’s
second state (of 2); Usticke’s third state (of 3). Ex-collection the artist William Morris
Hunt (1824-1879). A very good, dark and well-inked impression with strong contrasts.
Bartsch 83; Biörklund 54-G; Hollstein (White and Boon) 83.
[6,000/9,000]