429 - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669), Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple.

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669), Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple. Etching with drypoint on laid paper, watermark: countermark letter D. (cf. Hinterding, variant PBD). (1659). 18 x 21.8 cm (sheet). Bartsch 94; White/Boon 94 IV (of IV); Hinterding/Rutgers (The New Hollstein) 312 IV (of VI). A very good, well-inked, clear, and crisp impression of the fifth state, trimmed to the platemark. Most of the shadows have been reworked with a mezzotint rocker—specifically, John’s forehead—but the changes characteristic of the sixth state, such as the reworked canopy and the interior of the arch, have not yet been made. – Two short, closed tears along the upper edge. On the reverse, a spot of paper thinning in the left margin and a tiny abrasion in the center. Otherwise in good condition. Taxation: subject to differential taxation (VAT: Margin Scheme).