A clear and sharp 17h century /lifetime impression of Bartsch and Usticke's second and final state of this scarce arched landscape, printed after the addition of shading to the cottage and paling behind the wheelbarrow, printed with burr along the lower edge and showing sulphur tinting in the sky characteristic of early impressions of this state.

In excellent condition, printed on a sheet with 1/4 inch margins out side the platemark on all four sides. Provenance: From the collection of the Kunsthalle Hamburg (Museum of Fine Arts, Prit Collection, Hamburg), bearing its collection stamp [Lugt 1328], also bearing the duplicate stamp [Lugt 686] of the Kunsthalle Hamburg in black ink verso; ex-collection Andre-Jean Hachette (French, died 1952), a collection of notable etchings from the 15th through 20th cnturies, bearing his 5mm collection stamp [Lugt 132] in black ink verso. Collections in which impressions of this state of this etching can be found: Rijkspretenkabinet, Rijksmuesum, Amsterdam; Kepferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin-Dahlem; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Teylers Stichting, Haarlem; Ermitage Museum, Leningrad; The British Museum, London; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York;Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Duthuit Collection, Petit Palais, Paris; Collection Edmond de Rothschild, Musee du Louvre, Paris; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna The number of elements in this composition is smaller than in any of the previous landscape etchings, directing attention to the obelisk and the farmhouse. Rembrandt's main concern in this etching was to achieve a satisfactory impression of depth. To this end he enlarged the obelisk, which as we can see with the naked eye, originally ended within the picture space.

Bartsch 227 ii/ii; Hind 243 Biorklund-Barnard 50-3; Usticke 227 ii/ii

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