David in Prayer (B., Holl. 41; H. 258)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn David in Prayer (B., Holl. 41; H. 258) etching with drypoint, 1652, without watermark, a good but possibly slightly later impression of the third, final state, with thread margins on three sides, a narrow margin below, with an old pen and ink inscription dated 1829 on the reverse, a minor thin spot on the reverse at the lower sheet edge, in very good condition P. 142 x 93 mm., S. 147 x 94 mm.