Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 1606–1669

Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tombe"), ca. 1657

christ preaching ("la petite tombe") by rembrandt van rijn

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Medium: Prints and multiples, Etching & drypoint
Size: 6.12 x 8.12 in. (15.5 x 20.6 cm.)

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Christopher-Clark Fine Art

San Francisco

About this Artwork

Size Notes: In excellent condition, printed on a sheet with thread margins outside the platemark on all four sides.
Movement: Baroque Art, Old Masters
Catalogue Raisonné: - Bartsch 67; Hind 256; Biorklund-Barnard 52-2; Usticke 67 i/iii; New Hollstein 298 i/ii.
Literature: Hilliard T. Goldfarb, A Human Vision: The Adolph Weil, Jr. Collection of Rembrandt Prints, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1988, no. 58, p. 139 (ill.);
Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1999, no. 80, p. 67 (ill.);
Erik Hinteding/Ger Luijten/Martin Royalton-Kisch, Rembrandt the Printmaker, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago & London, 2000, no. 668, p. 281 (ill.);
Clifford S. Ackley, Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter-Draftsman-Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003, no. 136, p. 206 (ill.);
Erik Hinterding, Rembrandt Etchings from the Frits Lugt Collection, Thoth Publshers, Bussum, 2008, no. 53, vol. II p. 60 (ill.).

Description

Original etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper bearing an indecipherable watermark. A superb strong, dark and richly printed 17th century/lifetime impression of Bartsch’s only state, Usticke’s first state of three, New Hollstein’s first state of two, showing excellent contrasts throughout, printed prior to the late heavy retouching of the background shading.