Rembrandt etching, The Three Trees, 18thc

Frame: 18 1/4" x 16"
Etching: 10 3/4" x 8"

David Killen Gallery believes the etching was printed in the 18th century as it is printed on European woven paper rather than laid paper or Japanese paper, which Rembrandt began using in 1647. There are no watermarks on the paper, and there is an illegible pencil inscription on the verso.

Rembrandts Three Trees
(Source: metmuseum.org) The Three Trees is Rembrandt's largest and most striking etched landscape. Here he masterfully combined techniques (drypoint, engraving, varied depths of etched lines, and a speckled tone) to create a sense of nature in flux. He animated the landscape with many details: an artist sketching on the hill at right, a fisher couple at lower left, and an amorous couple hidden in the darkened foreground bushes. Some of the unnatural cloud formations left of center indicate that Rembrandt may have etched The Three Trees on a plate that contained an abandoned sketch for The Death of the Virgin, a composition he continued on a larger plate in 1639.

Good condition overall