The Death of the Virgin

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669) The Death of the Virgin etching with drypoint, 1639, on laid paper, without watermark, New Hollstein's fourth state (of five), with thread margins or trimmed just inside the platemark but outside the borderline, the blank border below trimmed off, a hard horizontal fold across the lower part of the sheet, flattened and backed, a few touches of brown ink in places, the sheet toned, framed Sheet 392 x 317 mm.