Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654 by Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden Amsterdam 1669

The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight 1654

etching and drypoint; sheet 213 x 163 mm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches)

Bartsch 83, White/Boon only state; Hind 280; The New Hollstein 286 first state (of four)

watermark

foolscap with five-pointed collar (Hinterding variant G-b-a; vol. 2, p. 123, vol. 3, p. 214 ill.)

provenance

P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stock no. in pencil verso C.31001)

The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey;

their sale, Christies, New York, May 13, 1997, lot 237 (sold to C.G. Boerner)

private collection, Germany (acquired in 1997);

thence by descent

A fine impression with patches of burr in the central group of figures; in impeccable, untreated condition with small margins all round.