The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate (B., Holl. 81; H. 103)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate (B., Holl. 81; H. 103) etching with engraving, 1633, watermark Bunch of Grapes, fourth state, (of five) before the rework to the topmost man, with narrow margins, a small puncture to the head of the man on the ladder to the left, some foxing and pale discolouration, occasional losses at the sheet edges (just into the subject at the upper left corner), other minor defects at the sheet edges; together with a later impression of The Artist's Mother with her Hand on her Chest (B. 349) by the same hand P. 530 x 410 mm., S. 555 x 420 mm. (2)