77/5492 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). The angel appearing to the shepherds. Etching, 1634, 26,1x21,6 cm., signed "Rembrandt f. 1634" in the plate.

- Sl. yellowed and foxed (mostly in upper left corner); remnants of former tipping on in corners on verso; sm. closed tear in upper right corner (±1,5-2 cm.).

= On laid paper without watermark. New Hollstein 125, a late impression of the 3rd state (of 6) (with the shading around the angel as in the third state as listed in New Hollstein 125, but without the details in the landscape below the angel). Probably a state between the 3rd and 4th state. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.