The Artist drawing from the Model ('Het beeldt van Pigmalion')
$500
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Artist drawing from the Model ('Het beeldt van Pigmalion')
etching and drypoint
circa 1639
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily with Initials PR (Hinterding E'.a.b.)
a fine, luminous impression of the second state (of four)
printing darkly and very evenly, with great contrasts
with some burr on the palm frond and elsewhere on the foreground
with thread to narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on or inside platemark at left
a very skilfully restored paper loss and associated tear at left
the sheet thinly backed
Plate 233 x 182 mm.
Sheet 237 x 184 mm.