Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 206 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

The Presentation in the Temple with the Angel: Small Plate

Closed5 July 2022

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Presentation in the Temple with the Angel: Small Plate
etching with drypoint, 1630, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the second, final state, still printing with tiny touches of burr on Simeon's hand and Anna's face, the foul-biting below printing strongly, with thread margins, some thin spots and small repairs
Plate & Sheet 104 x 79 mm.

Specialist note

Despite the small size, this etching (the earliest of three with the same subject made by the artist), evokes a monumental and theatrical atmosphere, given the large number of figures and with the composition unfolding on different levels on a diagonal line: in the left foreground a beggar in the shadow; at centre, lit from left, the main scene with the Simeon holding the child addressing Mary, surrounded by worshipping figures and the prophetess Anna led by an angel; the architecture and the big staircase in the right foreground are alluded with fine, more delicate lines.