Christ before Pilate: Large Plate (B., Holl. 77; H. 143)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Christ before Pilate: Large Plate (B., Holl. 77; H. 143) etching with drypoint and engraving, 1635-36, watermark Arms of Bern (Hinterding C.a.b.), a very good, strong and even impression of Hollstein's fourth state (of five), printing with much burr on the strip of curtain above the chair at right and some in the plate margin below, with small margins, a small backed hole on the chest of Christ, the tip of the upper left corner made up, a repaired 35 mm. tear at the upper right sheet edge, a few other, shorter tears at the sheet edges, some other, minor defects, generally in good condition for a sheet of this size P. 550 x 447 mm., S. 555 x 453 mm.