Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape etching and drypoint, circa 1653, on laid paper, watermark Foolscap with seven-pointed Collar, countermark IR, second, final state, a good but slightly later impression, printing with good contrasts and traces of burr on the lion's mane and in shrubs to the left of the lion, with many light horizontal wiping marks in the sky and the foreground Sheet 257 x 208 mm.