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 Basilisk (Hinterding A.a)
a very good impression of the second state (of four)
printing richly, darkly and with good contrasts
still with some burr on the palm frond and elsewhere
slightly slipped at lower left
with partial narrow to thread margins on three sides, trimmed to or inside the subject below
thinly backed, some repairs at the corners and sheet edges
Sheet 23,7 x 18,6 cm. (9 5⁄16 x 7 5⁄16 in.)