Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669)

Rembrandt Van Rijn, François Basan - Adam and Eva - 1638 / Description: Adam and Eve; the couple nude in the Garden of Eden, Eve holding an apple at center, with monstrous serpent on Tree of Knowledge to right, an elephant in background. Copy made by Francois Basan in same direction after the etching by Rembrandt; used in the editions of the Recueil. Hollstein 168, copy a, second state with number removed. / Dimensions: 16,80 x 13,10 cm / Condition: Good impression printed with plate tone. Trimmed inside plate border, still wide margins around the images borderline. On thick laid paper from the period with on the backside vertical fold and two old hinges. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (168.Copy a II/II) --- Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated (159) --- White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue (28) / Medium: Etching /Circa: 1633-1797 600