The Death of the Virgin
Rembrandt
The Death of the Virgin
Etching & Drypoint
1639
Original etching with drypoint printed in black ink on heavy oatmeal laid paper.
A 19th century impression of Bartsch’s third and final state, Usticke and New Hollstein’s fourth state of five state, printed after the addition of the new lines with the mezzotint rocker visible on the lower right of the stool of the man reading in the foreground, but before the late reworking of the plate.
Signed and dated in the plate lower left Rembrandt f.1639
Bartsch 99 iii/iii
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches
Image: 16 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches
Framed: 31 3/4 x 28 x 1 7/8 inches
1639
