Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A very fine, strong impression of the fifth state with the two reworked figures below the outstretched arm of the standing man. The mouth of the woman standing below is almost closed and her hair is now curly. Before the revisions to the tomb and on the back of the woman bent forward at the bottom right. Trimmed to the image, with a fillet of blanc paper at the lower edge. In this depiction of the biblical scene, Christ raises the dead Lazarus from his tomb. The composition is dramatic: Christ stands elevated beside the grave, his hand outstretched in a commanding gesture of resurrection. Around him, a group of figures recoil in fear and awe, their expressions and movements caught between terror and wonder. Lazarus, only just returned from death, begins to rise from the darkness of the tomb. The etching reveals Rembrandt’s masterful use of light and shadow, and his extraordinary ability to convey emotional intensity through a tightly composed, theatrical scene. Horizontal, smoothed crease marks. Time-stained on the reverse and with isolated brown spots. A few brown spots in the lower left corner. Two backed tears in the lower right margin. The lower right corner has a small tear. There is a short, backed tear on the lower left edge. Traces and remnants of a former mounting on the reverse, otherwise in good condition.