Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Lot n° 53

REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn The Virgin and Child with the cat and the snake. 1654 Etching, 9,7 x 14,4 cm, wove paper, signed "Rembrandt. f.", dated 1654 (coll. mark sl. visible on recto). Good impression with margins. Hinged at upper edges, under passe-partout. Charming scene of the Holy Family with Joseph peeping through the window. From the original plate etched by Rembrandt (1606-1669) in 1654. Later impression of the 3rd state with the white spots at upper left and right shaded over, but before the chin of the Virgin was shaded over. Ref. Bartsch (Rembrandt) I, p. 63, 63. - New Hollstein (Rembrandt) 278.III (of IV). Prov. Victor Conrad (1919-1981), Belgian doctor (stamp, L. 5549).