Adam and Eve

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) Adam and Eve etching with touches of drypoint, 1638, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the second, final state, printing very sharply, with great contrasts and without any wear, with all characteristics of a very early impression such as the tiny flecks of burr on Eve's nose and around Adam's eye and groin, with thread margins, two tiny repairs at the lower sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition Plate 163 x 117 mm mm., Sheet 165 x 118 mm.