The Angel appearing to the Shepherds (Bartsch, Hollstein 44; Hind 120)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) The Angel appearing to the Shepherds (Bartsch, Hollstein 44; Hind 120) etching with drypoint and engraving, 1634, on laid paper, watermark Fool's Cap, a later impression of the fourth state (of five), trimmed to the subject, window-mounted to a sheet of modern laid paper and very thinly backed with Japon, a long vertical tear or cut across the lower part of the subject, very skilfully repaird, various thin spots P., S., 263 x 220 mm.