Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam), The Angel appearing to the Shepherds, 1634. Etching, engraving and drypoint on laid paper, 26.4 x 22.1 cm. Signed and dated lower right ‘Rembrandt f. 1634’. With a 3-4 mm wide margin around the borderlines. © Douwes Fine Art B.V.

On laid paper with watermark: 'Seven Provinces' (sub-variant D.a.), cf. Erik Hinterding, Rembrandt as an etcher. Catalogue of watermarks (words), vol. II, p. 253 (1634).

Provenance: private collection, Germany; Karl & Faber, Munich; private collection, The Netherlands; Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam.

Literature: Bartsch 44; White/Boon 44; The New Hollstein Dutch 125 Third state (of VI); Nowell-Usticke C 2; plate in existence in the Thrivent Collection of Religious Art in Minneapolis, MN, USA.

BRAFA, Brussels, 26 January-2 February