Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt

The Death of the Virgin

Amsterdam, 1639

Etching with drypoint

10.4 x 9.5 cm

This is one of the earliest plates in which Rembrandt used drypoint to any considerable extent.

Purchased 1939 (No. 39.11)

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