REMBRANDT HARMENSZ van RIJN
1606 - 1669
Faust
Circa 1652
Orignal etching with engraving and drypoint
208 × 160 mm, thread margin
Fine impression of the fifth state (out of 7), before drypoint modification to strenghthen the blackness of the shadows and before the ray of light pointing towards the man’s face divided into two parts, late impression, small thin place in the upper left corner. Without any watermark
Provenance : Jean Cantacuzène (Lugt 4030)
Reference: Biörklund, Barnard 52-4, New Hollstein – Hinterding et Rutgers 270 v/vii