The Baptism of the Eunuch

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Year

1641

Medium

Etching with touches of drypoint, on cream laid paper with watermark of the Arms of Amsterdam [Hinterding"s B-a-b], a fine, early impression of New Hollstein"s second-third state (of four), before the + in the bottom left corner but with the accidental scratch behind St. Philip"s head, with light vertical scratches at the bottom left center and to the right of the parasol and with the cloud of close vertical lines/plate tone to the right of St. Philip"s elbow, thread and narrow margins

Size

18.3 × 21.5 cm

Category

Works on paper