Antique Master Print-DEATH-OF-THE-VIRGIN-HELIOGRAVURE-Charreyre-Rembrandt-1883

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A richly composed deathbed scene: the Virgin Mary is surrounded by mourners and disciples while a host of angels ascends in the heavens above. Complex layering of light and line creates spiritual resonance.

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Description

Medium: Heliogravure (photogravure technique) on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 58 x 74 cm (22.83 x 29.13 inch). Image size: 28 x 34 cm. (11.02 x 13.39 inch).

Condition: excellent, given age. Large margins, very good contrast and sharp impression; minor bottom-left waviness. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

REMBRANDT, VIRGIN MARY, DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, HELIOGRAVURE, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, BIBLICAL ETCHING, REPRODUCTION PRINT | MAP-XLARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

L’?uvre complet de Rembrandt’, Eugene Dutuit, Paris: A. Levy, 1883.

State: First and only edition, limited to 500 copies.

Reference: BNF: ark:/12148/bpt6k15234504 ; Getty Digital Collection: ark:/13960/t3b06rh76.

Title page not included.

Biography engraver: Charreyre was a Paris-based technician specialized in high-quality heliogravure reproductions of master prints in the 19th century, active in large-format deluxe editions.

Biography artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter and etcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.

Additional information

Dimensions 74 × 58 × 1 cm

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